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A cricket series that showed the true talent of a true SA team dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
A cricket series that showed the true talent of a true SA team

A cricket series that showed the true talent of a true SA team

The Proteas’ surprising victory against the Australians at Newlands is a nod to those brilliant cricketers who never got a chance to represent their country.…

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Two South Africans charged in sweeping US illegal voting crackdowns dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Two South Africans charged in sweeping US illegal voting crackdowns

Two South Africans charged in sweeping US illegal voting crackdowns

US authorities have accused several foreigners of unlawfully registering to vote in the country, and among those recently charged are two South Africans – Hester Weihmann and Hanlie Venter. The case...

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IEC says ‘aberrations are going to arise’ during voting but ‘performance will improve’ dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
IEC says ‘aberrations are going to arise’ during voting but ‘performance will improve’

IEC says ‘aberrations are going to arise’ during voting but ‘performance will improve’

The IEC acknowledged operational challenges affecting 217 voting stations in Cape Town while arguing that some irregularities were inevitable given the scale of the elections. The commission expects...

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Poll Dancing: Watch Politically Aweh’s elections comedy special before you vote dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Poll Dancing: Watch Politically Aweh’s elections comedy special before you vote

Poll Dancing: Watch Politically Aweh’s elections comedy special before you vote

KG Mokgadi wants to be your mayor. That’s how bad things have got. In Poll Dancing, Politically Aweh’s live elections comedy special, you can learn everything you need to know before 4 November:...

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Six Johannesburg polls map the coalition battles that could reshape SA councils dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Six Johannesburg polls map the coalition battles that could reshape SA councils

Six Johannesburg polls map the coalition battles that could reshape SA councils

The coalition that emerges in Johannesburg will influence negotiations in councils across South Africa. Six polls offer different scenarios for the City. …

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Trump approval near career low ahead of elections, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Trump approval near career low ahead of elections, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Trump approval near career low ahead of elections, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating held near a career low as a broad swath of the US electorate saw their vote in Tuesday's congressional midterm elections as a...

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Phala Phala: Two convicted despite ‘poor’ probe into stolen dollars dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Phala Phala: Two convicted despite ‘poor’ probe into stolen dollars

Phala Phala: Two convicted despite ‘poor’ probe into stolen dollars

No fingerprints, no usable footage and a criminal case opened two years later. Yet six years after $580,000 was stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, two accused have been found guilty and...

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‘I’m not Rockefeller’: Angelo Agrizzi says he has no money to repay R1.66bn dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
‘I’m not Rockefeller’: Angelo Agrizzi says he has no money to repay R1.66bn

‘I’m not Rockefeller’: Angelo Agrizzi says he has no money to repay R1.66bn

Former Bosasa chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi says he does not have the money to repay a R1.66bn confiscation order imposed by the Pretoria high court and intends to challenge the judgment on...

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Losing Agoa isn’t a catastrophe — a botched response from Pretoria could be dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
Losing Agoa isn’t a catastrophe — a botched response from Pretoria could be

Losing Agoa isn’t a catastrophe — a botched response from Pretoria could be

There is a familiar rhythm to South Africa’s public conversation: a serious development becomes a looming catastrophe before we have even established precisely what is changing, who will be affected...

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SPONSORED CONTENT: Henley’s Global Executive MBA ranks first in South Africa and 32nd worldwide, connecting African leaders with global insight, networks and opportunity. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Henley Business School’s Global Executive MBA ranks first in South Africa and 32nd worldwide

Henley Business School’s Global Executive MBA ranks first in South Africa and 32nd worldwide

Henley’s Global Executive MBA ranks first in South Africa and 32nd worldwide, connecting African leaders with global insight, networks and opportunity.

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The wonderful and strange business of prognostication dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
The wonderful and strange business of prognostication

The wonderful and strange business of prognostication

Election predictions influence voters, businesses and investors, yet polling uncertainty and unexpected results show how dangerous prognostication can be.…

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Business rescue — lifeline or delay tactic for struggling companies? dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Business rescue — lifeline or delay tactic for struggling companies?

Business rescue — lifeline or delay tactic for struggling companies?

Whether you are for or against business rescue, we need ways to help struggling companies, and the Constitutional Court has clarified what that should look like.

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‘It doesn’t spell doom’ — experts weigh in after Trump boots SA from Agoa dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
‘It doesn’t spell doom’ — experts weigh in after Trump boots SA from Agoa

‘It doesn’t spell doom’ — experts weigh in after Trump boots SA from Agoa

South Africa will, from next year, be removed from the duty-free benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), the US government announced. This was after the SA government had “constr...

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Five national polls show DA building momentum in the metros dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Five national polls show DA building momentum in the metros

Five national polls show DA building momentum in the metros

If the latest numbers are credible, the DA has the momentum in the metros and the ANC has fallen even farther back in September and early October.…

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The African Century will be built through green industrialisation, not mined from the ground dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
The African Century will be built through green industrialisation, not mined from the ground

The African Century will be built through green industrialisation, not mined from the ground

Africa’s green minerals represent a historic opportunity. But realising it will require generations working together, combining experience with fresh thinking and creating opportunities for Africans...

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SA through the lens of Mission Stations — Steinkopf, Concordia, Kommagas and Pella dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
SA through the lens of Mission Stations — Steinkopf, Concordia, Kommagas and Pella

SA through the lens of Mission Stations — Steinkopf, Concordia, Kommagas and Pella

A journey through Northern Cape mission stations traces Nama and Khoi history, missionary legacies, community activism and the threat of extractive mining. These mission communities preserve oral...

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Two South Africans charged in sweeping US illegal voting crackdowns dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Two South Africans charged in sweeping US illegal voting crackdowns

Two South Africans charged in sweeping US illegal voting crackdowns

US authorities have accused several foreigners of unlawfully registering to vote in the country, and among those recently charged are two South Africans – Hester Weihmann and Hanlie Venter. The case...

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El Niño threatens SA’s crops, but ample maize stocks cushion the blow dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
El Niño threatens SA’s crops, but ample maize stocks cushion the blow

El Niño threatens SA’s crops, but ample maize stocks cushion the blow

South Africa faces a hotter, drier summer as an intense El Niño raises risks for farmers, although planting is progressing well. A record 17.7-million-tonne maize harvest and ample grain stocks...

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The state of play in the US midterm elections dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
The state of play in the US midterm elections

The state of play in the US midterm elections

High early-voter turnout, slumping approval ratings, inflation and a forever war could be what will flip control of Congress to the Democrats. But the Republicans are fighting back with the support...

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