Marianne Thamm

3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Marianne Thamm

Errol Musk, whose busy loins begat Elon (and a child by Elon’s stepsister), gives the kind of sexist, racist quotes that make digital media salivate. Not a week goes by without Errol (who was born in 1946, the same year as US President Donald Trump) leaping at interview offers to offload his opinions, thoughts, advice to governments, women, his son and the world at large. Like a prophet from a dying age. Circling above like a bird of prey is the algorithm. And Errol Musk is an algorithmic wet dream.

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Marianne Thamm

A group of cancer patients who took legal action when a private hospital terminated a 15-year relationship with a celebrated but controversial oncologist, have won the right to continued care. On 15 April in the Western Cape High Court, Judge Eduard Wille ruled on a matter involving oncologist Louis Kathan, lauded for his “outstanding” results, allowing his continued presence in the Life Care Vincent Palotti hospital complex in Pinelands.

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Marianne Thamm

Diamond was an adviser to former Deputy President David Mabuza and worked as the acting municipal manager for Mbombela from 2017 on a three-year contract, but resigned suddenly in 2019. A perfunctory scrape of the internet turns up that Neil Diamond, the US-based businessman who collated a list of 67,000 potential Afrikaner Trumpugees, was once a member of the ANC and adviser to former Deputy President David Mabuza. Take that. Don't want to see this?

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Marianne Thamm

Marianne Thamm has toiled as a journalist / writer / satirist / editor / columnist / author for over 30 years. She has published widely both locally and internationally. It was journalism that chose her and not the other way around. Marianne would have preferred plumbing or upholstering. The life of writer CJ Langenhoven is a source of both comedy and heartbreak in what it reveals.

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Marianne Thamm

We have regular “learning Fridays” at Daily Maverick with our cofounder, Styli Charalambous. Changing times need understanding, explaining and discussion. These sessions are aimed at continuing to make journalism meaningful for our readers – how to bring the world out there in here and make sense of it. Don't want to see this? Remove adsThe trust our journalists have earned over the years is the antidote to an age in which the algorithm cultivates brain rot and encourages doom scrolling.