Estelle Ellis
Senior Journalist at Daily Maverick
Journalist for Maverick Citizen at Daily Maverick. Proud aunt. World changer. Word activist. Wired for compassion and kindness. Living with world's best cat.
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6 days ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis |Sune Payne |Lerato Mutsila |Ethan Van Diemen
By Estelle Ellis, Suné Payne, Lerato Mutsila and Ethan van Diemen By Estelle Ellis, Suné Payne, Lerato Mutsila and Ethan van Diemen | 17 April 2025 Drivers who are under the influence of alcohol this Easter holiday period will get harsher treatment, says transport minister, but details are scant. A new strategy to combat the sky-high number of drunk drivers on South Africa’s roads will be tested for the first time this Easter after a disastrous festive season four months ago, the Department...
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2 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis
The Karoo Origins fossil centre, housing the Rubidge family’s unique collection of fossils from the area, including what globally respected paleontologist Professor Bruce Rubidge described as the biggest collection of unique species in the world.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis
TRADE WAR New export tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on South Africa will disproportionately affect South Africa’s poorest province. The Eastern Cape's automotive and manufacturing sectors have expressed serious concern.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis
JUDGMENT VS JUBILATION One of the country’s most senior judges has set out damning evidence showing high levels of incompetence and deceit on behalf of the prosecutor in the case of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso, a senior pastor of Jesus Dominion International, based in Durban, South Africa, and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis
LEGAL SHOWDOWN Nel says he is representing Bergview College Principal Jaco Pieterse ‘to ensure he does not fall victim to an abuse of power or that of the social media detectives who make reckless allegations’.
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RT @dailymaverick: Four high-voltage pylons blown over by gale-force winds on Friday caused a widespread power outage in Nelson Mandela Bay…
