Here’s hoping that Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as DG of the WTO signals the beginning of something new … dare we say it … a more female future
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Corruption? Van Riebeeck started it
Apartheid was surely the most corrupt of all systems … colonialism doesn’t even bear thinking about …
New paper, new party, new hope
A new newspaper, a new political party .. feels a little like 1994. Let the fightback begin!
Daily Maverick goes to print
Daily Maverick bucks the global trend and moves from online only to a print edition. Bring out the croissants and the bubbles please
Dear comrades, let’s be more comradely
Cyril Ramaphosa’s letter to his ‘comrades’ about the scourge of corruption gives us all a little more oxygen
Desperate times in the beloved country
South Africa’s hospitality industry is bleeding, even the most successful businesses are under threat and begging to be allowed to get back to work
IMF loan: godsend, or a gift from hell?
If you are wondering whether the R70bn IMF loan to SA is nice super-cheap money when we need it most, or a noose around our necks, here are some of the facts
The Future delivered by balloon
Wireless Internet connectivity towers that float in the stratosphere promise to narrow the digital divide in Kenya
Remember what was said about Aids
Early reporting on the HIV epidemic showed that the way a story unfolds – even who lives and who dies – can depend on the stories we tell
Lockdown fatigue and a pandemic of exhaustion
Feeling a bit fatigued by it all? Shem … most South Africans are absolutely shattered