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City Power is facing a worsening financial squeeze as it sometimes pays more for bulk electricity from Eskom than it charges customers, while rising tariffs and the shift to rooftop solar shrink its paying customer base.
South African actress Masali Baduza takes centre stage in Netflix hit as friends and fans celebrate: ‘We need this.’
Prasa’s ‘lawfare’ raises troubling questions about whether South Africa’s legal system is protecting those who expose corruption
Only when leadership becomes coherent, value-driven and courageous will technology fulfil its promise of accelerating service delivery and reducing inequality
Reducing child mortality is possible. What remains is the courage to scale what works and to sustain it. If we are serious about ending child stunting by 2030, then we must act accordingly
South Africans are increasingly open to hybrids as petrol prices and affordability pressures weigh on households
A recent Daily Maverick investigation examined transactions from an alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’, suggesting that the fund benefitted ex Transnet and Eskom boss Brian Molefe. Our second instalment looks at the millions of rand in cash deposits that flowed into Palcocap (Pty) Ltd’s bank account, raising the question of whether Molefe or someone close to him handled the...
COPENHAGEN/NUUK, March 24 (Reuters) – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats were headed for their worst election outcome in over a century on Tuesday, as migration and welfare concerns obscured broad support for her defiant stance toward Washington over Greenland.
ISLAMABAD/JERUSALEM March 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. was making progress in its efforts to negotiate an end to war with Iran, including winning an important concession from Tehran, while a source confirmed that Washington had sent Iran a 15-point settlement proposal.
The NPA’s anti-corruption unit has arrested 12 police officers connected to a R360m health contract linked to crime kingpin Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s company Medicare 24.
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe faced a parliamentary grilling on Tuesday after ignoring months of letters, calls and emails from MPs — and then blaming her secretary for it.
In 2024, South African banks recorded nearly 98,000 digital fraud incidents, amounting to close to R1.9bn in losses. When victims try to claw money back, they encounter a system which often feels a lot like a brick wall.
As the SIU closes in on Nelson Mandela Bay’s controversial streetlight tenders, dozens of officials and contractors face referrals for alleged misconduct and criminality, with R35m in public funds at stake.
PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) – French investigators raided the Paris offices of Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild as part of a corruption investigation into a diplomat named in documents linked to late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the financial prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
The US is probing the trade practices of dozens of countries, including South Africa, as President Donald Trump moves to replace the tariffs that were rejected by the Supreme Court in February with Cold War economic shock treatment.
At the Randburg Magistrates’ Court, a VIP protection officer said he acted to protect Deputy President Paul Mashatile during the 2023 N1 incident, while another officer admitted the actions seen on video were wrong and against the law.
Two pupils were fatally stabbed in separate incidents in the last week.