As anti-immigration protests surge in South Africa, incidents of violence and a lack of police intervention bring critical scrutiny to state accountability in protecting vulnerable communities.

The Madlanga Commission has exposed the deep rot within SAPS, with the fallout reaching the highest ranks of law enforcement as senior officers have been arrested and hauled before court to answer to corruption allegations.

The ongoing R35m streetlight tender scandal in Nelson Mandela Bay raises questions about accountability as 21 implicated officials remain in their positions amid allegations of corruption.

Policeman Marumo Magane has described how ‘all hell broke loose’ at a R268m cocaine interception when he and a few others were suspected of plotting to steal the consignment. He has also acknowledged he was ‘clueless’ at the crime scene, but has denied fresh suggestions of complicity.

Tokyo denies press accreditation to Daily Maverick and polar law experts for the annual summit while staging openness as diplomatic theatre.

ABIDJAN, May 12 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) will send officials to the centre-eastern part of the country to calm tensions among farmers who protested last week over unsold cocoa stocks they say are rotting, despite a council pledge to buy the beans, a source close to the council told Reuters.

The idea of putting data centres in orbit sounds thrilling. Until you dig deeper.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is preparing to challenge the Section 89 report in court, a report that could ultimately result in his impeachment. At the same time, National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has announced plans to begin the process of establishing an impeachment committee to question the president over the theft at his farm. In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick...

VIENNA, May 12 (Reuters) – The Eurovision Song Contest gets off to a tense start in Vienna on Tuesday with the first semi-final featuring Israel, whose attendance prompted five countries to boycott over the Gaza war, though an initial street protest was barely noticeable.

The Treasury’s criticism of the Auditor-General exposes a deeper contradiction at the heart of South Africa’s accountability system: the very institution complaining about compliance burdens designed many of the rules now under attack. While there are legitimate flaws in the state’s performance management framework, the AG’s latest findings suggest the bigger danger is not excessive...

The term, impeachment, is being bandied about these days in various countries because of the behaviour of some very senior officials, but what, exactly, is an impeachment? What does it mean, and where did it come from? Let’s take a quick deep dive into this question (to enable readers to speak with knowledgeable authority to friends).

Nelson Mandela Bay could be placed under provincial administration if it fails to resolve a leadership crisis over suspended city manager Noxolo Nqwazi, Cogta MEC Zolile Williams has warned.

From Sea Monster’s global King’s Trust International entrepreneurship game to FinMaster’s pizza-box-to-retail board game journey, South African developers are showing that financial literacy may stick better when it feels less like homework and more like play.