Opinion

On Thursday President Cyril Ramaphosa finally sounded like a leader who had located the switch marked authority. For once, the presidency did not murmur –...

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi had to issue an apology after remarks he made about bathing at a hotel due to water shortages caused an...

As water shortages intensify across Johannesburg and Gauteng, public frustration is understandable. What is less understandable and far more dangerous is the growing tendency...

As a climate activist in South Africa, I have watched with growing alarm as extreme weather becomes our new normal. Last month, devastating floods...

Few names in South Africa command as much respect – across boardrooms, church pews, sports fields, and rural villages – as that of Dr...

The president started by framing his State of the Nation Address 2026, and the significance of past historic events that have shaped our present....

On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a State of the Nation Address (Sona), and for the first time in years, the speech was...

Now that the tickets for the Soweto derby, one of the continent’s biggest sporting spectacles have been sold out, the hard work and heavy...

South Africans rallied together in an outpouring of grief and generosity following the death of David Sejobe, a beloved security guard at MultiChoice’s Randburg...

Gayton McKenzie is many things, but a diplomat he is not. One minute, he sits in the cabinet, the next he is cheerleading Donald Trump’s...

Gayton McKenzie is a brash, tactless, foot-in-mouth politician who has no business holding a position as important as sports, arts and culture minister. Just last...

In Daily Maverick on January 2, Muhammad Coovadia, an intern counselling psychologist, offered a forceful critique of South Africa’s annual celebration of the matric...

Finally. A spine. A pulse. Dirco has remembered that sovereignty is not a decorative item but something you defend. We have long hosted diplomats who...

South Africa’s principled expulsion of Israel’s top envoy is a bold and necessary stand, reinforcing a principle that respect of the country and its...

It was supposed to be an ordinary Sunday, on July 6 generally a slow news day, when KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi decided...

We observe the current world disorder where international law as articulated in the UN Charter is no longer upheld by great powers, especially the...

Patrice Motsepe cannot save the ANC alone. However, he can lead a movement of self-reflection, bold reform, and grassroots engagement that empowers us all...

The Matric Class of 2025 has delivered a moment worth celebrating, rewriting the record books with an outstanding national pass rate of 88%. This...

The man who has been president since some of us were still debating whether cassette tapes were the future has done it again. Yoweri Museveni,...

Uncle Sam has never changed his imperial interest; he just became more transparent under Donald Trump. It has always been about American strategic interest...