After months of public hearings, the parliamentary ad hoc committee has wrapped up its work with final testimony from KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. He returned to talk about Shadrack Sibiya, Crime Intelligence and to put the spotlight back onto fellow leading police officer Hilda Senthumule.

The report detailing evidence that Russian ‘agents’ worked with the ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula and tried to influence South Africa’s 2024 elections raises questions about Mbalula’s credibility, and how Russian agents spent so much money, with so little impact.

Fugitive gym trainer Stanislav Stamenov is applying for bail in an attempt to be released from custody in Cape Town, where he was arrested earlier this year after Daily Maverick reported that he is wanted in Romania for drug trafficking. The State has argued that he should remain behind bars.

The poor in South Africa and the wider region will bear the brunt of this unfolding catastrophe, while the inflationary headwinds will slow economic growth, raise borrowing costs and impede the government’s already limited capacity to help those most in need.

We invited readers to send questions on the US-Israel attack on Iran, Iran’s retaliatory strikes and the war’s implications for SA. In this second instalment on the issue, Daily Maverick writers answer them below.

When birds act like humans – the saga of ‘Hoedini’, Hoedspruit’s weaving casanova.

In an interview with Daily Maverick, Deputy Minister of Defence Bantu Holomisa says the South African National Defence Force will remain ‘under its own military command at all times’ during Operation Prosper.

LIV Golf is set to make its South African debut at Steyn City on Thursday — and the support is unprecedented.

After years lost to addiction and suspensions, long jumper Luvo Manyonga is poised for a remarkable return at this weekend’s World Indoor Championships.

Here are the Lotto and Lotto Plus results.