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2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Noelle Adams

THE INTERVIEW Elio, directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina, and produced by Mary Alice Drumm; Disney and Pixar’s “Elio” releases in theaters June 20, 2025. © 2024 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. With the release of Elio, Pixar’s next original animated adventure, we got the opportunity to interview Ferdi Scheepers, a South African effects artist who has worked on some of the studio’s biggest films over the past two decades. South Africans have a special talent for...

4 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Lerato Mutsila

On Wednesday, 25 June 2025, Operation Dudula once again disrupted access to Johannesburg’s Hillbrow Clinic, targeting foreign nationals and denying them healthcare in defiance of South Africa’s Constitution. Despite police intervention and ongoing legal action by rights groups, the anti-migrant group continues to intimidate and unlawfully demand documentation from patients. “Since 5am, I have been here. I came to remove my teeth. When I arrived here, I was number four in the line.

4 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Siyabonga Goni

SCHOOL NUTRITION   Children receive food from a school nutrition programme.

4 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Siyabonga Goni

FATAL VARSITY SHOOTING Walter Sisulu University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Sinethemba Mpambane was shot multiple times while in his vehicle at the university’s Nkululekweni facility in Mthatha. (Photo: Walter Sisulu University) Walter Sisulu University’s Sinethemba Mpambane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Support and Development, was fatally shot multiple times in his vehicle at the Mthatha campus entrance. On Thursday, 19 June 2025, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Support and...

5 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Grace Leach |Rahima Essop |Dieter von Fintel

SERVICE DELIVERY CRISIS Research shows that poverty in South Africa largely affects women, who bear the brunt of food scarcity as primary caregivers. (Photo: Gallo Images / Foto24 / Felix Dlangamandla) And almost half the municipalities (24 out of 52) have inadequate service delivery for children in nine or more sub-domains. Nearly five million children under the age of six in South Africa live in poverty. These children face barriers to achieving their full potential, shaped by factors...