Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick is an online newspaper based in South Africa that started in 2009. It is edited by Branko Brkic and published by Styli Charalambous, operating as an independent private company. The Daily Maverick describes itself as "a distinctive mix of news, information, analysis, and opinions" coming from their newsroom in Johannesburg. Charalambous highlights that the site also serves as a stage for photojournalism, giving readers a visual perspective on events occurring in South Africa, Africa, and around the world.

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Court hears ‘Kelly’ Smith’s timeline of the day Joshlin went missing

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

MISSING CHILD Raquel ‘Kelly’ Smith, mother of missing girl Joshlin Smith, in the dock in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha.
Exclusive: Towards the recognition of Table Mountain as a ‘living’ entity — in law and beyond

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kevin Bloom

EXCLUSIVE Hoerikwaggo, better known as Table Mountain.
‘SA terror suspect’ detained in US during Biden presidency now faces deportation under Trump

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Caryn Dolley

An illegal immigrant crackdown in Texas in the US in 2024 sparked an investigation into a man who said he was from South Africa and who was subsequently arrested on terror suspicions. The 18-year-old is now in an American detention facility and may be awaiting deportation. In September 2024, Umar Farooq Ashraf, who is reportedly 18, was detained in Texas with a group of allegedly undocumented immigrants.
Whistle-blowers launch constitutional challenge to gag order

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Tania Broughton

GROUNDUP An interim court interdict gagging three whistle-blowers from speaking out about a Durban-based solar panel company, is being challenged on constitutional grounds. (Illustration: Lisa Nelson) The whistle-blowers argue that their right to freedom of expression has been violated, as amaBhungane applies to join the case. The three “whistle-blowers” who were recently gagged by solar panel company ARTsolar from making “defamatory allegations” that it was importing rather than locally...
Shivambu under fire after visit to fugitive ‘prophet’ Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi

3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kristin Engel

uMkhonto Wesizwe party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu was fraternising with fugitive and self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi this weekend, where Bushiri and his wife fled after appearing in South African courts on charges of fraud and rape.
SA mourns death of Pope Francis, a unifying figure, voice for the poor

3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kristin Engel

TRIBUTES IN GRIEF Pope Francis arrives to lead his weekly audience at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on 6 March 2024.
There’s no filter to the antiquated brain of Musk’s dad

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.
Malawian villagers turn to eating elephants that ate crops

3 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ed Stoddard

HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT A young Kasungu elephant reportedly shot dead by poachers in Zambia on 2 April 2025.
The Herds: Ukwanda puppets to journey the globe for climate action

6 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Shelley Christians

PHOTO ESSAY Puppetry designers Craig Leo and Siphokazi Mpofu refine the jumping motion with a hyena puppet after researching how they move.
Confessions in Joshlin Smith trial can be used as evidence, judge rules

6 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Cruywagen

MISSING CHILD (From left): The three accused, Jacquen Appollis, Steveno van Rhyn and Racquel Smith.