Daily Maverick
Is Kirstenbosch Dying From the Inside?
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- Is Kirstenbosch Dying From the Inside?
- Runtime
- 4:57
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Cape Town’s iconic Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens remain a breathtaking sight, but experts warn the institution behind the beauty is in quiet crisis. Collapsing systems, vanishing expertise, and suffocating red tape are undoing what generations built. Daily Maverick’s Don Pinnock explains.
Reporting by: Don Pinnock
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-kirstenbosch-a-south-african-national-treasure-is-going-to-seed-warn-experts/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-09-kirstenbosch-drowning-in-neglected-poached-plants/
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- After the marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next
- Runtime
- 15:32
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- The marches are done. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis sits down with reporters Lerato Mutsila, Felix Dlangamandla and Naledi Mashishi — fresh off the ground in Durban, Joburg CBD and the Garden Route — to talk about the day and ask the question: what happens now, in the townships and villages, when no one will be watching?
Hosted by: Rebecca Davis, Lerato Mutsila, Felix Dlangamandla, Naledi Mashishi
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
00:42 From Durban to Hillbrow, How 30th June Unfolded
01:09 Crowd Grows and Chants
03:15 Leadership Tensions
05:14 Dispersal at Point Road
06:44 Johannesburg March Route
09:06 How Police Responded
11:45 What Happens Next
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- The 30th June deadline arrives
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
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- South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Campaigns: What’s Really Driving Them?
- Runtime
- 10:08
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- South Africa is experiencing its strongest anti-migrant backlash in years. But when we investigated one of the most successful online campaigns driving this movement, we found evidence suggesting its real motivations may not be what supporters believe. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kim Maxwell
Disclaimer: Third parties appearing in photographs within this video have no connection to the specific story or allegations discussed. Only the primary subject is the focus of this report.
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- Xenophobia, fear and South Africa’s fault lines
- Runtime
- 13:08
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- South Africa is confronting one of its most significant waves of xenophobic unrest in years. Rebecca Davis, Victoria O’Regan and Felix Dlangamandla examine the forces driving it, the human impact and the questions hanging over the days ahead.
Hosted by: Rebecca Davis, Felix Dlangamandla, Victoria O’Regan
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
00:00 Xenophobia Flashpoint
01:07 Durban drive-in site reflects SA xenophobia
01:43 Life In The Shelter
02:31 Pietermaritzburg Squalor
03:01 Fear And Dignity
03:41 Why Mostly Malawians?
04:39 Choosing Repatriation
05:05 Activists Question Police
05:52 A crisis co-written by March and March and SA’s political class
07:33 March and March’s 30 June deadline looms
09:02 State Security Response
11:18 Hotspots And What Next
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- Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- South Africa’s political map is shifting fast. Can Helen Zille take Johannesburg? Is the ANC running out of leaders? Why is the DA struggling to broaden its appeal, and is MK set to dominate KZN?
Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya unpack the race for Joburg, coalition politics, and the major political realignments reshaping South Africa.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
00:31 Joburg and Zille Campaign
01:21 Can the DA Win Majority
03:13 ANC Candidate Speculation
04:25 No More ANC Heavyweights
08:40 ANC Decline and Values Shift
09:45 Hill-Lewis Assessment
10:52 DA Optics and Reshuffle Picks
13:29 Where Black Politics Is Going
16:27 Coalition Era and DA Growth Plan
20:10 KZN MK Surge and Closing
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- Behind Zapiro's Sisisi Tolashe Cartoon
- Runtime
- 4:35
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- In this video, Daily Maverick’s cartoonist Zapiro revisits a cartoon he published in May 2026, unpacking the process and the political moment that informed it.
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edits and animations by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Principal allegedly behind bigoted Facebook posts moves to new Cape Town school
- Runtime
- 8:17
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed that George Gueorguiev, the Kommetjie Primary School principal at the centre of a 2025 hate speech controversy, has been transferred to a deputy principal post at Simon’s Town School. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme and Kevin Flynn
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- Nelson Mandela Bay’s Dodgy Job Ads: Parliament Calls For Criminal Probe
- Runtime
- 26:11
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Nelson Mandela Bay is under Parliament’s microscope after the Cogta committee called for a criminal investigation into irregular job advertisements posted by the troubled metro. With no permanent city manager in place and a growing leadership vacuum, MPs are demanding accountability over who authorised the suspicious hiring process — and why it was allowed to proceed unchecked.
Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-17-cogta-committee-calls-for-criminal-probe-into-nelson-mandela-bays-dubious-job-adverts/?dm_source=blocks-grid-wide&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform
Hosted by: Angela Daniels & Estelle Ellis
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
00:00 Surreal Metro Moment
00:57 Parliament Steps In
01:55 The WhatsApp Surprise
02:57 Signed Ads Mystery
03:49 Rewatching the Footage
05:15 Why CFO Refused Rol...
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- The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told
- Runtime
- 10:18
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A once-in-14-years opportunity to put better books in South African classrooms. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis investigated what happened when a group of educators tried to seize it — and who is driving the narrative against them.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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- The Business of School Sport: Are Children Paying the Price?
- Runtime
- 3:55
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pressure economy. Coaches, psychologists and parents say its educational and developmental purpose is being displaced by performance and profit, while legal experts warn that children risk being reduced to unpaid entertainers in a rapidly expanding youth sports industry. Daily Maverick’s Takudzwa Pongweni reports.
Reporting by: Takudzwa Pongweni
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Robyn Leary
Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-20-hilton-college-and-others-grapple-with-the-cost-of-commercialisation-in-school-sports/?dm_source=blocks-grid-wide&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform
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- They Never Gave Up: Families Fight for Justice Over Apartheid-Era Atrocities
- Runtime
- 21:58
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- In this episode of Power Chat, Marianne Thamm discusses with Caryn Dolley the relentless campaign for justice led by the families of victims of apartheid-era atrocities. Backed by civil society organisations, the Foundation for Human Rights and the South African Coalition for Transitional Justice, the effort eventually resulted in the establishment of the Khampepe Commission, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Attempts to Halt Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Investigations and Prosecutions.
Hosted by: Caryn Dolley & Marianne Thamm
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
00:30 TRC Delays and Secret Deals
01:29 Why Khampepe Matters
02:31 Chikane Poisoning Case
03:42 Forged Memo and Interference
04:18 Selebi and Missing Dockets
07:26 Exile Returnees and Corruption
08:21 Chikane Testimony and Basson
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- Madlanga Commission’s Cocaine Cops
- Runtime
- 22:58
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Is the South African justice system being run by a drug syndicate? This week, Caryn Dolley and Marianne Thamm unpack the testimony from the Madlanga Commission that has sent shockwaves through Pretoria. From R55-million in ‘vanishing’ cocaine to the high-ranking police officers allegedly on the payroll of the “Big Five” cartel, we explore how organised crime allegedly moved from the streets to the halls of power.
Hosted by: Marianne Thamm & Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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00:45 Why the commission exists
01:42 The Big Five cartel
02:21 How deep it goes
03:58 Cat Matlala role
05:27 Cocaine mystery begins
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- Mounting evidence suggests Mexican cartel activity in Mzansi
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In April 2026, Mozambican authorities announced a major crackdown that involved confiscating masses of chemicals used to make drugs. They also announced arrests, including of two individuals suspected of being Sinaloa Cartel members from Mexico. Mozambique borders South Africa, suggesting that the notorious cartel is on our doorstep. Now, there’s mounting evidence to suggest it’s actually much closer to home. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley reports.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’
- Runtime
- 4:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Joburg heritage area of Upper Houghton is facing severe pressure as historic homes are being vandalised, occupied and falling into disrepair. Daily Maverick’s Anna Cox explains.
Reporting by: Anna Cox
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Julius Malema – Conviction, Sentencing, and the Battle for the JSC
- Runtime
- 11:35
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Can a man sentenced to five years’ imprisonment fairly participate in the appointment of the nation’s judges? Despite his recent stadium shooting conviction, Julius Malema retains his seat on the Judicial Service Commission, sparking a legal firestorm. In this episode, Greg Nicolson and Nonkuleko Njilo unpack the Helen Suzman Foundation’s high-stakes court bid to remove Malema and explore the fallout of having a convicted leader vetting the bench.
Hosted by: Nonkululeko Njilo & Greg Nicolson
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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00:00 Malema Conviction Fallout
00:27 Why He Still Sits
00:34 Meet The Hosts
00:50 Helen Suzman Foundatio...
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- Unpaid Winners and a Race in Crisis: The Soweto Marathon Fallout
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Soweto Marathon promised prize money and prestige when it took place on 29 November 2025. But nearly six months later, the top finishers are still waiting to be paid. What should have been a routine payout has turned into a widening controversy, with unpaid athletes, conflicting explanations, and Central Gauteng Athletics stepping in to de-sanction the race altogether.
Sports minister Gayton McKenzie has said his department plans to temporarily take over the Soweto Marathon. He will meet with the race organisers and Athletics South Africa to help restore governance structures. He also suggested his department would find the budget to pay the out-of-pocket athletes. Daily Maverick’s Annemieke Thomaidis explains.
Reporting by: Annemieke Thomaidis
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Mike van Olst
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- Are hackers holding our local government to ransom?
- Runtime
- 5:42
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- South African municipalities are sitting on goldmines of your personal data — ID numbers, addresses, billing details — and they are catastrophically unprepared to protect it. No skills, ancient tech, and bureaucratic red tape have left our local governments wide open to ransomware gangs and phishing attacks. And the thieves? They’re already inside the house. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters explains.
Reporting by: Lindsey Schutters
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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- Ramaphosa bets on legal review to stall Phala Phala impeachment proceedings
- Runtime
- 21:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- 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 Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee and reporter Victoria O’Regan unpack the latest developments and examine what may lie ahead.
With: Ferial Haffajee and Victoria O’Regan
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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Chapters:
00:00 Phala Phala Returns
00:57 Two Tra...
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- Minister Tolashe’s state-funded nanny — and the daughter who took half her salary
- Runtime
- 6:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Rebecca Davis investigates fresh allegations against Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe. Documents suggest a former household worker may have been forced to give half of her state-funded salary to Tolashe’s daughter.
The story follows earlier revelations that Tolashe accepted two luxury Chinese SUVs in 2023 — reportedly for the ANC Women’s League — without declaring them to Parliament.
On 14 May 2026, President Cyril Ramaphosa fired Tolashe. Sindisiwe Chikunga has been appointed acting minister until a permanent replacement is named.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
Read the full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-28-revealed-minister-tolashes-state-funded-nanny-and-the-daughter-who-took-half-her-salary-/?dm_source=blocks-grid-wide&dm_m...
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- Ramaphosa’s future hangs in the balance
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The shape-shifting Constitutional Court judgment raises fundamental political questions for South Africa’s future. The court ordered on 8 May 2026 that an impeachment committee into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s conduct be established to interrogate the Section 89 impeachment inquiry panel finalised in 2022 and then voted against by an ANC majority later that year. The judgment raises five immediate big political questions.
Reporting: Ferial Haffajee
Video edited by: Anda Tolibadi
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- Second Cabinet minister implicated in Chinese SUV scandal
- Runtime
- 5:58
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa has also been accused of giving luxury donated Chinese SUVs to her family and loved ones without disclosing this. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
With additional reporting by: Tembile Sgqolana
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Is your money really safe? South Africa’s invisible crime wave
- Runtime
- 12:22
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- South Africa’s latest crime statistics suggest a country getting safer, but that’s only part of the story. Commercial crime - fraud, scams, and financial exploitation - is rising, with cases doubling over the past decade. It’s a quieter crime, but one that targets ordinary South Africans directly, often through the very systems they rely on. Why has this surge escaped national attention? And what happens when victims try to fight back? Rebecca Davis, senior journalist at Daily Maverick, reports.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Minister Sisisi Tolashe’s Undeclared Luxury SUVs
- Runtime
- 4:49
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe told Parliament in February that she received two luxury SUVs as donations for the ANC Women’s League. Just one problem: the ANC doesn’t seem to know what she’s talking about. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
Read the full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-02-exclusive-the-mystery-of-minister-sisisi-tolashes-missing-suvs/
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- Title
- Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a surgical emergency
- Runtime
- 5:42
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Grey's Hospital in Pietermaritzburg is a surgical lifeline for 4.5 million people across western KwaZulu-Natal. For years, its ageing air conditioning system has been breaking down, forcing surgery cancellations and endangering patients. The department knew. It had a plan. The plan failed. Now it has another plan.
Reporting by: Craig Bentley-McKune
Edits and animation by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building
- Runtime
- 5:57
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In late February 2026, the City of Cape Town auctioned off 53 City-owned properties, including the famous Good Hope Centre. The man who claims his bid was successful is a Nigeria-born pastor who leads a charismatic church in Maitland. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Inside the US–Israel War on Iran and What It Means for Africa
- Runtime
- 30:23
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In this episode, Redi Tlhabi sits down with political economist and Signal Risk director Ronak Gopaldas for a sharp, wide-ranging conversation on the escalating tensions between the United States, Israel and Iran. Together, they unpack what the conflict reveals about shifting global power, contested moral authority, and the often-overlooked consequences for Africa.
This conversation was recorded before the US and Iran came to a last-minute cease-fire deal, on Tuesday 9th April 2026.
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
You can listen to the Let’s Talk Human Rights podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/59LYbrnDnmsupzBh9Sb9dH?si=9ea830a251094765
Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Guest: Ronak Gopaldas
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
You c...
- Title
- How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents
- Runtime
- 6:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
Read more:
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-22-how-cape-towns-municipal-bills-are-outrunning-its-middleclass-residents/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-26-the-city-of-cape-town-has-valued-your-property-heres-how-to-challenge-it/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-01-27-help-us-track-cape-towns-housing-crisis/
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- Title
- From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy
- Runtime
- 4:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- South African couple Melany and Peet Viljoen revelled in the limelight. Melany featured on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Pretoria. And Viljoen styled himself as a legal eagle. But all wasn’t as it seemed. The couple perpetuated the lie that there is a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, with Afrikaners being violently targeted. So they moved to the US, where they were arrested on shoplifting charges. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-12-the-viljoens-from-real-housewives-fame-in-sa-to-us-shoplifting-bubbly/
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- Title
- How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe
- Runtime
- 9:44
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Between 2013 and 2018, R11.3-million in cash flowed into Palcocap — a company linked to former Transnet and Eskom boss Brian Molefe — through 706 ATM deposits across South Africa. Daily Maverick’s investigative journalist for Scorpio Pieter-Louis Myburgh maps the money trail: the ATMs near Molefe’s homes, the deposits that started four days after he moved to Eskom, and the striking overlap between his Gupta contact dates and cash flowing into the account. This is Part 2 of Daily Maverick’s Palcocap series.
Reporting by: Pieter-Louis Myburgh
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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- Title
- Geordin Hill-Lewis: DA Leader, Cape Town's Mayor — Or Both?
- Runtime
- 26:56
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Daily Maverick’s Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee puts the hard questions to Cape Town's Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, on inequality, the DA leadership race, and what a functional city actually means.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee
Guest: Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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- Title
- Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Two competing narratives have emerged since KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged in July 2025 that a cartel had penetrated South Africa’s criminal justice system, politics, and private security. Either he is exposing a national crisis, or he is deflecting from his own alleged misconduct. Daily Maverick's Caryn Dolley explains.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories
- Runtime
- 6:41
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- South Africa is in the grip of an infrastructure supercycle, but it isn’t roads or rails. It is the rise of the AI Factory, windowless fortresses consuming small cities worth of power.
Reporting by: Lindsey Schutters & Tony Carnie
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative Lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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- Title
- How Cape Town Families Found Loved Ones in Paupers’ Graves
- Runtime
- 6:41
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Paupers’ graves are meant for the forgotten. But what happens when the people buried there were never forgotten at all? In Cape Town, an undertaker’s alleged fraud has exposed a failure of the systems meant to protect the dead – and devastated those left behind. Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Edited & animations by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-15-city-of-cape-towns-wall-of-silence-as-fafamilies-demand-answers-on-paupers-g...
- Title
- Redi Tlhabi Has Advice for America’s New Ambassador to South Africa
- Runtime
- 21:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In this solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi discusses newly appointed US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, and the recent rebuke from Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola. Drawing on her own experience of living abroad, from the United States to London, she offers four tips” on what it means to enter a new society as a guest, why understanding local sensitivities matters, and how diplomacy can unravel when those lessons are ignored. Listen in!
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
You can listen to the Let’s Talk Human Rights podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/59LYbrnDnmsupzBh9Sb9dH?si=9ea830a251094765
Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
You can listen to the podcast everywhere, including Spo...
- Title
- Is the Iran Conflict Slipping Beyond Control?
- Runtime
- 27:17
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- As tensions sharpen between Iran, Israel and the United States, Redi Tlhabi and veteran journalist Phillip van Niekerk unpack the strikes, the denials and the shifting nuclear narrative. From the collapse of the Obama-era deal dismantled by Donald Trump to the long-running warnings of Benjamin Netanyahu, they examine how we arrived at this moment and whether bombing a nation can ever be sold as liberation.
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
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Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Guest: Journalist and political analyst Phillip van Niekerk
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
You can listen to the podcast everywhere, includin...
- Title
- The alleged illicit millions that bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle
- Runtime
- 7:36
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In this video, Scorpio investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh unpacks documents pointing to an alleged slush fund linked to Brian Molefe during his tenure at Transnet and Eskom — and what they suggest about money, influence and State Capture.
Daily Maverick reached out to Molefe for comment, but he did not respond. Reggie Maponya said she did not wish to comment.
Reporting by: Pieter-Louis Myburgh
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Herman Mashaba on Running Johannesburg
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In a wide-ranging interview, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee sits down with Herman Mashaba, president of ActionSA and mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, to probe his plans for a city in crisis. From the deepening water shortages and collapsing infrastructure to his hardline stance on undocumented immigrants, Mashaba lays out an agenda rooted in enforcement and administrative overhaul.
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- Title
- Herman Mashaba on Running Johannesburg, Tackling the Water Crisis, and Politics of Exclusion
- Runtime
- 38:27
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In a wide-ranging interview, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee sits down with Herman Mashaba, president of ActionSA and mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, to probe his plans for a city in crisis. From the deepening water shortages and collapsing infrastructure to his hardline stance on undocumented immigrants, Mashaba lays out an agenda rooted in enforcement and administrative overhaul.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee
Guest: President of ActionSA, Herman Mashaba
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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01:49 Why Mashaba Is Running
01:55 Joburg in Crisis Overview
05:14 Fixing the Water Emergency
07:21 End the City Entities
09:40 Boards Waste and Delays
1...
- Title
- Paul Mashatile’s blue light brigade is back in the spotlight
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The motorcade of Deputy President Paul Mashatile is accused of abusing its power in plain sight, regularly blocking early-morning traffic in Midrand, where he lives, driving against traffic on one-way sections and forcing motorists aside during peak-hour congestion. Daily Maverick’s Anna Cox explains.
Reporting by: Anna Cox
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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- Title
- Suspicions circle SA over R4.3-billion drugs hidden in fruit export to India
- Runtime
- 6:21
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In 2022, Indian authorities uncovered R4.3-billion worth of cocaine and methamphetamine concealed in two consignments of fresh fruit shipped from South Africa. A suspect, who denies any wrongdoing, now faces criminal charges in India. In South Africa, however, no one appears to have been held accountable for what amounts to a major narco-trafficking operation. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley reports.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Kruger Park After the Flood: A Minister’s Promise to Rebuild South Africa’s Crown Jewel
- Runtime
- 40:27
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick’s Tiara Walters speaks with Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp about the devastating floods that tore through Kruger National Park. With bridges washed away, camps submerged and key routes severed, Aucamp outlines a phased recovery plan and defends the park’s emergency response. But beyond the logistics, the conversation turns personal: for Aucamp, Kruger is more than a conservation asset — it is a refuge and a national symbol he says he will always fight to protect.
Hosted by: Tiara Walters
Guest: Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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- Title
- Epstein Files: Records Detail South Africa Links
- Runtime
- 7:07
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- US Justice Department records detail Jeffrey Epstein’s links to South Africa, including references to business contacts and efforts to recruit South Africans staff and models. There is no indication that the business figures named were involved in wrongdoing. The files place South Africa within Epstein’s broader international network. Daily Maverick senior journalist Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Redi Tlhabi Talks AGOA With Wandile Sihlobo
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- After months of warnings that South Africa would be punished by the United States over its foreign policy, Washington has taken a different course. President Donald Trump has signed a short extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until the end of 2026. In this episode, Redi Tlhabi and chief economist, author and a member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Advisory Council, Wandile Sihlobo, talk about why South Africa remains in AGOA, what the limited extension signals about US trade policy, and why the outcome contrasts sharply with earlier predictions of exclusion.
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-...
Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Guest: Wandile Sihlobo
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
You can listen to the podcast everywhere, including S...
- Title
- Redi Tlhabi Talks AGOA With Wandile Sihlobo
- Runtime
- 25:05
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- After months of warnings that South Africa would be punished by the United States over its foreign policy, Washington has taken a different course. President Donald Trump has signed a short extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) until the end of 2026. In this episode, Redi Tlhabi and chief economist, author and a member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Advisory Council, Wandile Sihlobo, talk about why South Africa remains in AGOA, what the limited extension signals about US trade policy, and why the outcome contrasts sharply with earlier predictions of exclusion.
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
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Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Guest: Wandile Sihlobo
Edited by: J...
- Title
- Inside a Zapiro Cartoon
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In this video, Daily Maverick’s cartoonist Zapiro revisits a cartoon he published in December 2025, unpacking its symbolism and the political moment that informed it.
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edits and animations by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Robyn Leary
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- Title
- Epstein Files: What Emails Reveal About Jacob Zuma’s London Dinner
- Runtime
- 6:57
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- When newly released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were published in January, journalists around the world began searching for any local connections hidden in the records. At Daily Maverick, we did the same — and came across a name we did not expect: Jacob Zuma.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Robyn Leary
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- Title
- Falsified CV, No Charges: The Quiet Resignation of a 22-year-old Ministerial Chief of Staff
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Last year, we exposed the fact that a completely unqualified 22 year old had been appointed as the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Social Development. She’s been suspended on full pay for three months - and has now quietly resigned, apparently without facing any disciplinary charges - despite the fact that the department has claimed that she was appointed because a falsified CV was submitted.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Wanted ‘drug trafficker’ from Bulgaria is personal trainer at South African gym
- Runtime
- 5:39
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In 2023, I reported on individuals from Bulgaria, wanted in other countries over crime issues, who may be in Cape Town, South Africa. Now it turns out that one of them, Stanislav Stamenov, wanted by Romania for alleged drug trafficking, has indeed been in the South African city – offering personal training services at a Virgin Active gym in a posh suburb.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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- Title
- Why do South Africa’s most powerful leaders refuse to act, even in the face of crisis? #southafrica
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi speaks to Corruption Watch Executive Director Lebogang Ramafoko about the Madlanga Commission, political accountability, and the failure of leadership at the highest levels of the state. They unpack why commissions of inquiry rarely lead to consequences, and how party politics overrides the public interest.
From the legacy of Zondo to the cost paid by whistleblowers, this conversation asks a blunt question: when power sits at the fault line between politics and force, who is actually being protected?
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-...
Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Guest: Lebogang Ramafoko
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
You can listen to the podcast everywhere, including Spotify!
