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Small, regular acts of self-care can stop us going to extremes

Dec 2, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

Zukiswa Pikoli is Daily Maverick's Managing Editor for Gauteng news and Maverick Citizen where she was previously a journalist and founding member of the civil society focused platform. Prior to this she worked in civil society as a communications and advocacy officer and has also worked in the publishing industry as an online editor.
Everyone should be allowed to choose theirs

Nov 24, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

Zukiswa Pikoli is Daily Maverick's Managing Editor for Gauteng news and Maverick Citizen where she was previously a journalist and founding member of the civil society focused platform. Prior to this she worked in civil society as a communications and advocacy officer and has also worked in the publishing industry as an online editor.
Failure by SA’s leaders has left vulnerable people without water

Nov 17, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

Zukiswa Pikoli is Daily Maverick's Managing Editor for Gauteng news and Maverick Citizen where she was previously a journalist and founding member of the civil society focused platform. Prior to this she worked in civil society as a communications and advocacy officer and has also worked in the publishing industry as an online editor.
Women’s reproductive rights and the return to conservatism

Nov 10, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

Zukiswa Pikoli is Daily Maverick's Managing Editor for Gauteng news and Maverick Citizen where she was previously a journalist and founding member of the civil society focused platform. Prior to this she worked in civil society as a communications and advocacy officer and has also worked in the publishing industry as an online editor.
An abundance mindset is what good leaders have in spades

Nov 5, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

It has been 18 years since I entered the working world. I have gone from being a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed data capturer slash editorial assistant to having a brief stint of self-employment as a caterer. Then I worked in the NGO sector as a 35-year-old intern, and here I am now. These positions have all come with their own learnings, challenges and observations. I often use the term “teamwork makes the dream work”, which I know is a little cheesy, but I believe wholeheartedly in it.
Weekend Wrap #109

Nov 2, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Pieter-Louis Myburgh |Pauli van Wyk |Branko Brkic |Zukiswa Pikoli

‘Ghost Company’ bags R428-million oxygen plant tender for state hospitals; mini-budget presentation chills like a cold shower; and spooky street scenes from New York City’s Halloween – all in the weekend wrap.
Divorce is not the ending that so many people presume it to be

Oct 28, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

So Siyamthanda and Rachel Kolisi have announced that they will be ending their eight-year marriage. It seems South Africans are collectively going through the same five stages of grief that the couple are probably navigating too. People’s relationships come to an end every day, but admittedly not with as much public scrutiny. Whether inadvertently or not, the Kolisis carried both the country’s fears and aspirations in their relationship. Don't want to see this?
South Africa: Zuma's MK Party Is Not Even Masking Its Attempt to Capture the Judiciary

Oct 22, 2024 | allafrica.com | Zukiswa Pikoli

opinionThe judiciary was the last line of defence during the years of state institution plunder and incapacitation, with Zuma at its centre, so it is all the more suspicious that the MK party's candidate to the JSC is John Hlophe.
MK party is not even masking attempt to capture judiciary

Oct 20, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

Zukiswa Pikoli is Daily Maverick's Managing Editor for Gauteng news and Maverick Citizen where she was previously a journalist and founding member of the civil society focused platform. Prior to this she worked in civil society as a communications and advocacy officer and has also worked in the publishing industry as an online editor.
Learning must go beyond curriculum to be beneficial

Oct 9, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zukiswa Pikoli

Zukiswa Pikoli is Daily Maverick's Managing Editor for Gauteng news and Maverick Citizen where she was previously a journalist and founding member of the civil society focused platform. Prior to this she worked in civil society as a communications and advocacy officer and has also worked in the publishing industry as an online editor. While an additional year of education is necessary, doing this without an emphasis on parental and home teaching to supplement it would be an incomplete solution.