Daily Maverick
Fact Check: Was a recent speech by Cyril Ramaphosa AI-generated?
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- Fact Check: Was a recent speech by Cyril Ramaphosa AI-generated?
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- 4:36
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- 3 years ago
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- You may have seen a little storm break out online recently over the question of whether the South African government is using AI to write its speeches. #southafrica #chatgpt #factcheck
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- So you’ve registered to vote, now what?
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In the next few months, parties will begin to release their manifestos for the upcoming election. Thisis a chance for voters like you to find out exactly where various parties stand on key issues and then make an informed decision on where to place their mark.Look out for what they say about employment, safety, education and universal basic income. And any other topic that is close to your heart.
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- Post Rugby World Cup blues as DSTV loses subscribers
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- What is COP28?
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- 5:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- It’s the most exciting time of the year for climate experts as they prepare to gather in Dubai for the 28th Congress of the Parties. This year’s gathering is expected to be the biggest yet and will be watched closely, particularly as the host country generates much of its wealth from fossil fuels. For more on COP28, follow Our Burning Planet's updates on: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/our-burning-planet/?utm_source=top-menu&utm_medium=link #cop28 #climatechange #news
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- What rising interest rates mean for home loans, and what you can do to secure your finances
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Five things to watch out for at COP’s biggest gathering yet, this time in Dubai
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- 4:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- It’s the most exciting time of the year for climate experts as they prepare to gather in Dubai for the 28th Congress of the Parties. This year’s gathering is expected to be the biggest yet and will be watched closely, particularly as the host country generates much of its wealth from fossil fuels. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-27-five-things-to-watch-out-for-at-cops-biggest-gathering-yet-this-time-in-dubai/
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- Fact Check: Nasa airplanes in the Western Cape and cloud seeding
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- 3:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A video which went viral on social media in recent weeks has questioned why aeroplanes from Nasa, the American space agency, have been tracked flying back and forth over the Western Cape in a kind of tight spiral pattern in recent weeks. Full story here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-26-nasa-turns-its-gaze-from-space-to-the-western-and-eastern-cape-in-new-biodiversity-project/
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- Black Friday Shopping Tips
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Daily Maverick journalist Neesa Moodley shares her tips on how to shop on Black Friday. #southafrica #shopping #blackfriday
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- July ’21 unrest — 65 in dock facing terrorism and other charges linked to deadly violence. #shorts
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Two years after the July 2021 upheaval left a trail of destruction and more than 350 people dead, 65 people arrested and implicated in the mayhem will finally face justice. Among the charges are terrorism, conspiring or inciting the commission of terrorism, sedition, conspiracy to commit murder, public violence, conspiracy to commit public violence and incitement to commit public violence. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-19-july-2021-riots-65-in-dock-over-deadly-kzn-violence/
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- Pro-Palestinian group’s protest threat forces Woolworths to withdraw its Israeli pearl couscous
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Woolworths has been forced to withdraw its popular Israeli pearl couscous from its shelves after it received “credible” threats about protests and a consumer boycott, which it feared could have put staff and customers at risk. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-19-pro-palestinian-groups-threatened-protest-forces-woolies-to-withdraw-its-popular-israeli-pearl-couscous/?utm_source=top_reads_block&utm_medium=top_reads_link&utm_campaign=world
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- Political contract killings escalate in KZN as hitmen are offered ‘job after job’
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- 3:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Contract killings are escalating in South Africa, especially in the volatile province of KwaZulu-Natal, where trained assassins have been making their presence felt in the taxi industry, across the political spectrum, over tenders and jobs in municipalities, and in other areas such as business, to settle disputes through the barrel of a gun. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-11-assassination-nation-political-contract-killings-escalate-in-kzn-as-hitmen-are-offered-job-after-job/
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- South Africa’s latest unemployment statistics | November 2023
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- South Africa’s unemployment rate fell slightly in the third quarter (Q3) of this year to 31.9% from 32.6%, Stats SA said on Tuesday in its Quarterly Labour Force Survey. In a worrying sign, mining and manufacturing shed jobs, and more job losses are seen in both sectors as the prices of key commodities tank and the global economy remains in low gear. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-14-sas-unemployment-rate-dips-to-31-9-mining-and-manufacturing-job-losses-bode-ill/
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- Icon Simon Nkoli gets the glamour treatment
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Dubbed a ‘vogue-opera’, a production honouring the gay rights activist features dance battles and style wars in different runway categories as part of the irrepressible ball culture. Nkoli: The Vogue-Opera is about the life and trials of Simon Nkoli, a gay anti-apartheid freedom fighter who was imprisoned for four years in the famous Delmas Treason Trial (1985-1988). Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-15-icon-simon-nkoli-gets-the-glamour-treatment
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- Cape Town police use stun grenades, water cannon as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters clash
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A pro-Israeli protest at the Sea Point Promenade in Cape Town on Sunday was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters. Buses of protesters in support of Israel were sent away after the police began using stun grenades and water cannon to disperse a group of the counter-protesters for Palestine. Full story on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-12-cape-town-police-use-stun-grenades-water-cannon-as-pro-israel-protest-disrupted-by-pro-palestinian-protesters/?utm_source=top_reads_block&utm_medium=top_reads_link&utm_campaign=maverick_news
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- Five take-aways from Minister Enoch Godongwana's medium-term budget speech
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- 3:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- With South Africa’s debt service costs now the fastest-growing public finance expenditure it’s unsurprising Wednesday’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) signalled tax hikes totalling R15-billion to be announced in the February 2024 Budget. Read more on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-01-more-tax-to-come-but-no-soe-bailouts-as-godongwana-juggles-public-finances-to-extend-r350-grant/
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- Alleged South African Parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe testifies in court
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Alleged Parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe maintains he is fit to stand trial. His own testimony, however, raised several questions, in addition to those presented by the psychiatrists who said he should receive treatment. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-05-my-job-was-to-burn-down-parliament-mafe-testifies-claiming-hes-fit-to-stand-trial/ #southafrica #parliament #ZandileMafe
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- 2023 Rugby World Cup homecoming!
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Rugby fans hit the streets to show the Bokke some Gauteng love. People came out in their thousands on Thursday to celebrate the Springbok victory at the Rugby World Cup. #southafrica #rugby #rwc2023
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- 5 things you need to know about Maxhosa Spring/ Summer 23/ 24 collection
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Designer and founder of MaXhosa Africa Laduma Ngxokolo presented the Spring/ Summer 23/ 24 collection at the Zeitz MOCAA museum in Cape Town. #fashion #southafrica #style
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- Tribe One Dinokeng – Sony’s disastrous ‘Fyre Festival’
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- 11:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In 2018, American con artist Billy McFarland went to jail for staging a disastrous event called Fyre Festival. It had echoes of a festival attempted in South Africa several years earlier, when a faction of the City of Tshwane under mayor-turned-electricity minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, spent tens of millions of rands in taxpayers’ money on a musical spectacular – helmed by the world’s second-largest record label, Sony Music Entertainment and its partner, Rockstar 4000 – that failed spectacularly. After nearly a decade, some of the details of what went wrong have now emerged. Read the full story by Diana Neille, now on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-07-12-tribe-one-dinokeng-south-africas-fyre-festival/
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- Thousands gather to welcome world champs home!
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Beyond making history as the first national team to win the Rugby World Cup four times, the Springboks’ victory has reignited a sense of unity and patriotism for South Africans from all walks of life. Read the full story by Lerato Mutsila and Julia Evans, now on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-31-boks-reignite-hopes-of-a-united-sa-as-thousands-welcome-them-home/
#rugby #rwc2023 #southafrica #springboks
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- 5 things to know ahead of the mini budget
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The budget is set to be unveiled on 1 November by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in Parliament at a time when public finances are under pressure. Here is Daily Maverick Ray Mahlaka's take on what to expect at the mini budget breakdown this week. #southafrica #budget #finances
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- South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup for the fourth time! #southafrica #springboks #rugby #rwc2023
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Belligerent Boks deliver back-to-back world titles in Paris nailbiter as Springboks won their fourth Rugby World Cup title by retaining the title they won in 2019 on a wet and cold night in Saint-Denis. Read the full story by Craig Ray on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-28-south-africa-delivers-the-piece-de-resistance-of-rugby-world-cup-in-historic-victory-over-new-zealand/
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- 5 things you need to know about the Springboks captain Siya Kolisi
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 5 things you need to know about the Springboks captain Siya Kolisi. Read more stories now on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-27-the-final-a-contest-of-two-contrasting-styles-in-the-ultimate-battle-for-rugby-supremacy/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Afternoon%20Thing%2027%20October&utm_content=Afternoon%20Thing%2027%20October+CID_e09315d47deb57b57aaa1e175504713d&utm_source=TouchBasePro&utm_term=here #siyakolisi #rwc2023 #rugby
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- South Africa's inflation surge
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The cost of living in South Africa worsened during September as seen in the consumer inflation rate rising for the second consecutive month. Read the full story by Ray Mahlaka now on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-18-consumer-inflation-rate-increases-in-september-driven-by-fuel-and-food/
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- Pollard’s penalty gives Boks last gasp semi-final win over England
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- They did it again! The Springboks are into their fourth Rugby World Cup final after beating England 16-15 in the semi-finals. read the full story by Craig Ray on Daily Maverick now: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-21-pollards-late-penalty-gives-boks-last-gasp-semi-final-win-over-england/
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- Amazon invites sellers ahead of South African launch
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The American e-commerce giant announced it would be open for business in the new year, but kept its cards close to its chest, saying only that it would happen sometime ‘in 2024’. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-17-amazon-invites-sellers-to-sign-up-to-its-platform-set-to-go-live-in-2024/
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- South Africa’s automotive sector appears to be stalling
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- After posting bumper sales in recent months, the latest data from the Automotive Business Council (formerly known as the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa – Naamsa) indicate that the sector is slowing down, with 4.1% fewer sales for September. And there are concerns that a range of external factors, including affordability, high debt levels, inflation and the fuel price are starting to overload the local industry. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-15-south-africas-automotive-sector-appears-to-be-stalling/
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- Census 2022 results: SA population grows by millions
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- South Africa’s population reached a record high last year of more than 62 million people, with an average annual growth rate of 1.8% since the 2011 census. We unpack the Census 2022 findings. Read the full story here on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-10-62027503-and-counting-a-visual-gauge-of-the-census-2022-data/
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- Brutal Boks find a way to edge Les Bleus in Paris quarterfinal thriller
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The Springboks beat France 29-28 to set up a Rugby World Cup semifinal against England in Paris next week. Read the full story by Craig Ray in Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-16-narrowest-of-margins-brutal-boks-find-a-way-to-edge-les-bleus-in-paris-quarterfinal-thriller/
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- A mock wedding between "Environment Minister” and "Big Oil"
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- “We are gathered here today to join in holy matrimony, Environment minister Barbara Creecy with her one true love, Big Oil. While her jilted lover, Planet Earth cries silently.” These were the words echoing outside of Africa Oil Week in Cape Town on Thursday 12 October 2023. A mock wedding ceremony was held on Thursday by Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cape Town outside of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) where oil magnets from around the continent gathered for Africa Oil Week.
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- Rugby World Cup 2023 quarterfinals: Team Preview
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Eskom board chairman Mpho Makwana resigns
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Mteto Nyati, a former MTN South Africa and Altron CEO who is currently an Eskom board member, will be appointed as the board chair to replace Mpho Makwana. Read the story by Ray Mahlaka on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-09-eskom-board-chairman-mpho-makwana-resigns/
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- Fikile Mbalula comments on Zimbabwe 2023 elections
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula told Daily Maverick in Harare that Zimbabweans were qualified to deal with their own problems, although he pledged his party’s support of Zimbabwe’s liberation movement. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-09-04-low-international-turnout-at-mnangawas-inauguration-could-signal-zimbabwes-further-isolation/
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- The emperors have no ice — mass drowning of Antarctic penguin chicks rattles scientists
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists report a significant likelihood that Antarctic penguin chicks in four out of five colonies in the region died off.
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- Chicken and egg crisis
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Chickens are dropping like flies in South Africa due to the worsening and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak, causing severe shortages of eggs in the northern parts of the country. In the coming months, poultry product supply is likely to be under severe pressure, threatening food security. Full story on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-08-poultry-producers-bear-the-crippling-cost-of-avian-flu/
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- Residents of Cape Town’s Cissie Gool House on what sets their unlawful occupation apart
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- 6:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The recent deadly fire in a hijacked building in Johannesburg drew attention to the proliferation of unlawfully occupied sites in South Africa’s inner cities – a symptom of what activists have called a ‘housing crisis’. Not all these occupations operate in the same way, however. At one site – Cissie Gool House in Cape Town – residents have taken an organised approach to turning an old hospital into a home. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-08-cape-towns-cissie-gool-house-residents-reveal-what-sets-their-unlawful-occupation-apart-from-building-hijackings/
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- Breakdowns and Baguettes: Ireland review
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- 58:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Join Craig Ray as he chats to former Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold for the first of our Rugby World Cup webinars, Breakdowns and Baguettes: Ireland review.
Craig and Gary will be chatting about the crunch game against Ireland, where the Springboks are after three games, and all the big moments from the World Cup.
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- Boks make a huge statement of intent as they go 7/1 against Ireland
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named seven forwards and only one back on his bench for Saturday’s crunch Rugby World Cup 2023 Pool B clash in Paris. FULL STORY: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-09-19-boks-make-a-huge-statement-of-intent-as-they-go-7-1-against-ireland/0
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- Two dead after high winds and wild seas wreak havoc on Eastern and Western Cape coasts
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- High waves, strong winds and the spring tide combined into a nightmare for coastal communities in the Western and Eastern Cape on Saturday and Sunday. Two people died, a famous rock formation was destroyed, hikers had to be evacuated from the Otter Trail and severe damage was inflicted on property, including some well-known seaside restaurants and infrastructure along the coastline. A story by Suné Payne and Estelle Ellis; videos and images: Shelley Christians.
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- Western Cape’s Strand residents and surfers up in arms over sewage flowing into streets and ocean
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A sewer collapse in Strand, first reported more than a month earlier, has caused sewage to flow into the ocean for two weeks, prompting concern for the health and safety of residents, beach users and the environment. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-09-11-infrastructure-collapse-causes-14-day-strand-sewage-spill-into-the-ocean
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- Efficient Boks Triumph Against Scotland
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The Springboks are on the high road at the Rugby World Cup 2023 after beating Scotland 18-3 in their Pool B opener in Marseille, France.
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- Miracle baby found unharmed after Joburg fire
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Nasa warns of devastating impacts of going beyond 2°C of global warming
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A recent study led by Nasa scientists has found that the impacts of climate change will compound at 2°C of global warming. The planet may breach that critical threshold in the 2040s. Full story: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-09-01-nasa-warns-of-devastating-impacts-beyond-2c-of-global-warming/
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- Call for urgent humanitarian aid as hundreds of Johannesburg fire victims face uncertain future
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- 3:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The fire that destroyed the derelict building on the corner of Delvers and Albert Street in Johannesburg has left hundreds of families stranded. The city is helping, but resources are stretched and NGOs are calling for help. Read full story on Daily Maverick https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-08-31-how-to-help-call-for-urgent-humanitarian-aid-as-hundreds-of-johannesburg-fire-face-uncertain-future/
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- Joburg inner-city fire – at least 73 dead and 43 hurt
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- At least 73 people have been killed and 43 injured in a raging fire at a five-storey hijacked building on the corner Alberts and Delvers streets in the Johannesburg city center. This is a developing story. Read full story and updates on the Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-08-31-joburg-inner-city-fire-at-least-63-dead-43-hurt-in-hijacked-building/
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- Thuli Madonsela embarks on 300km Pilgrimage of Hope
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- 4:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- tudents, entrepreneurs, community members, retired teachers and even a cancer survivor walked step in step with Stellenbosch University (SU) chair of social justice Professor Thuli Madonsela over the weekend of 19 and 20 August, as she embarked on the 300km Pilgrimage of Hope from Stellenbosch to Cape Agulhas.
The journey was intended to raise funds for the #Action4Inclusion campaign, spearheaded by SU’s Centre for Social Justice, to clear historic debt owed to the university by students from poor and working-class families, and ultimately to ensure the registration of all students. Read the full story on Daily Maverick here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-08-27-thuli-madonsela-embarks-on-300km-pilgrimage-of-hope-to-raise-money-to-pay-off-disadvantaged-students-debt/
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- Parents of murdered 4-year-old speak out at Justice March
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In a tragic case that has sparked outrage in the community of Wattville in Benoni and South Africa at large, Ntokozo Zikhali was acquitted of charges related to the mutilation and murder of four-year-old Bokgabo Diseko Poo. However, has now been sentenced to life imprisonment for a separate incident involving the rape of a 9-year-old girl in August 2021.
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- 2023 Zimbabwean Elections: Voters hope for the best as delays keep polls open an extra day
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- 3:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans had not voted at the scheduled close of polling stations — 7pm on Wednesday, 23 August — after the body overseeing the elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), failed to provide voting materials on time in most parts of the country, resulting in electoral management officials extending the voting deadline. Follow Daily Maverick's updates here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/zimbabwe-2023-elections/
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- American Midnight / South African Dusk?
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- 1:03:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Host: Mark Heywood
Guest Panellist: Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild is one of the world's most respected public historians. He is the author of 11 award-winning books, including King Leopold’s Ghost and Bury the Chains. His latest book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis, was published in 2022.
But did you know that Hochschild draws much of his inspiration for writing history from a connection he established with South Africa as an intern journalist in the 1960s?
Join Adam Hochschild in conversation with Maverick Citizen editor Mark Heywood in a unique webinar about his writings, the importance of public history and his perspectives on the historical and contemporary struggles for social justice that his books have brought back to life.
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- Safa president Danny Jordaan submits warning statement to Hawks after financial misdemeanour claims
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Danny Jordaan provided a warning statement to the Hawks in May in answer to complaints from Safa colleagues that he had been instrumental in the dodgy acquisition of a R65m Johannesburg property, a price tag of double its evaluation, as well as the abuse of the association’s funds for personal gain. Read the full story on Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-07-09-safa-president-danny-jordaan-submits-warning-statement-to-the-hawks-after-financial-misdemeanour-claims/
