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1 week ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Malibongwe Tyilo
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING Illustrative image, from left: Elon Musk, Johann Rupert (Photos: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | Helen Zille (Photo: ER Lombard) | Julius Malema (Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images) | Cyril Ramaphosa (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | John Steenhuisen (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images) | Donald Trump (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | Faith Muthambi (Adrian de Kock/Gallo Images) | Lynne Brown (Photo: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Thulani Mbele). Image composite:...
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2 months ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Malibongwe Tyilo
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING Take back the chaos. This… this is Africa! Dear Editor,I trust this email finds you unbothered as usual. Don't want to see this? Remove adsI hereby submit my notice of resignation effective immediately. I can no longer stand by while you neglect our duty to our readers, that is, to DEFEND TRUTH.
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Feb 23, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley |Bernard Kotze |Emilie Gambade |Malibongwe Tyilo
Queeny Madikizela-Malema, an alleged ‘informant’ with a murky past, has been murdered. Her story is tangled in claims of rogue state activity, a reported 'jailbreak' linked to Jacob Zuma, and alleged smear campaigns tied to Western Cape policing and politics. What really happened? Listen as Daily Maverick's Caryn Dolley unpacks the intrigue surrounding her life and murder. Don't want to see this?
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley |Stephen Grootes |Malibongwe Tyilo |Ferial Haffajee
Apartheid’s Stratcom saw US Trump ally Edwin Feulner as an advisor. Can traditional healers be arrested for witchcraft claims? Plus, how unchecked leaks worsen Johannesburg’s water crisis.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Malibongwe Tyilo
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING Julle mense will be missed proper, but as the saying goes, Africa is nie vir sissies nie. Dearest Oraninnies and Afriforumense. I trust this email finds you liberated. Don't want to see this? Remove adsFirst, please accept my heartfelt apologies for the many times I have doubted or ignored your suffering here, at the kak bottom of darkest Africa.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Bernard Kotze |Emilie Gambade |Malibongwe Tyilo |Caryn Dolley
PODCAST Daily Maverick's Caryn Dolley previously uncovered possible links between fugitive ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova and South Africa, particularly Cape Town. Now, new clues sparked speculation that Ignatova, wanted globally for her OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, may have been hiding in South Africa, challenging rumours of her murder at sea. Could the elusive mastermind behind one of the world’s biggest scams be closer than we think? Dolley explains. Don't want to see this?
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Bernard Kotze |Emilie Gambade |Malibongwe Tyilo
PODCAST Polokwane's mayor, Justice Minister Thembi Simelane's lavish lifestyle raised serious questions. With designer shopping sprees and cash property purchases, her expenses far exceeded her official salary. Here, we tell how we traced every cent of Simelane's money trail from 2016 to 2020, revealing the gap between her income and her luxury spending. Don't want to see this?
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Bernard Kotze |Emilie Gambade |Malibongwe Tyilo |Caryn Dolley
PODCAST A sensational R2-billion drug bust in Limpopo has resulted in five suspects, some of them Mexican citizens, being arrested. Three months ago, cocaine shipped from Colombia was intercepted in KwaZulu-Natal, and cases in Brazil and Australia have also highlighted drug-smuggling links to SA. Don't want to see this?
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Emilie Gambade |Bernard Kotze |Malibongwe Tyilo |Caryn Dolley
PODCAST In murky organised crime arenas, the irrefutable facts take the form of a murder toll. A dead body equates to cold, hard fact. The stories spun around it, some which may be intentionally planted to divert from truth and those guilty of crime, need to be carefully unravelled. One such story is that of Mark Lifman, a businessman who steadfastly denied allegations of criminal activity.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Malibongwe Tyilo
LIVE SMARTER With the cost of electricity increasing, a solar geyser could be a good place to start to cut down on your power bill. ‘I always tell my clients the first thing they should do is put their geyser onto solar, because that uses 40% of your electricity. Some people would say 50%, but we average it over the year at just over 40%, because in winter, you’re gonna get less [heat],” says Marc Miller, CEO of the Cape Town-based Waterloo Plumbing.
