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Lisakanya Venna

Western Cape

Journalist at Daily Maverick

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  • 6 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lisakanya Venna

    An act of sabotage that blew up a vital sewerage transformer — and left the perpetrator injured — has landed a 23-year-old man from Taung behind bars for 12 years. On Thursday, 29 May, the Taung Regional Court sentenced 23-year-old Karabo Mocumi of Dithakwaneng Village to 12 years’ direct imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to damaging essential infrastructure.

  • 1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lisakanya Venna

    FINANCIAL LITERACY Mpumelelo Secondary School’s The Brave Ones (from left), Mfundo Mahlangu Grade 9, Mthombeni Nokubonga Naomi Grade 11, Samukelo Sikhosana Grade 9, Thapelo Ntswane grade 10. (Photo: Supplied) Every year, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Investment Challenge puts South Africa’s sharpest young minds to the test – and every year, a crop of winners rises to the top. The April 2025 results are in and the future of finance is looking bright and, in most cases, still in school...

  • 2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lisakanya Venna

    In a move that’s part lifeline, part last rites, the Public Investment Corporation has thrown its weight behind Daybreak Foods’ move into business rescue, announcing a freshly reconstituted board and a renewed — if slightly desperate — commitment to saving South Africa’s embattled poultry giant. But workers remain unconvinced.

  • 2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lisakanya Venna

    As Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana unveiled the May 2025 Budget, many South Africans were holding their breath — and their hopes — hoping the government would ease the pinch of rising costs and stagnant incomes. But how did the Budget stack up against the voices we heard just hours before the big reveal? Daily Maverick took a stroll through Cape Town’s streets and marketplaces to see what was being said, and hold that against what was delivered.

  • 2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lisakanya Venna

    COMMUNITY DEAL   A Tiger Brands outlet.

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