Gqeberha resident Keith Murcott refused to back down after the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality dragged its heels in paying his R40,000 claim for a cycling accident caused by an enormous pothole.

Tiger Brands, South Africa’s largest food producer, announced the sale of its deciduous fruit business, Langeberg & Ashton Foods, to a consortium led by local fruit growers for a nominal sum of R1.

From Pick n Pay to Trump, cryptocurrency is edging further into the mainstream, promising freedom from banks, big returns… and big risks. The question is: should it play a role in your personal ...

In the second part of Daily Maverick’s investigation into Africrypt, we show how Raees and Ameer Cajee appear to have executed what may be one of SA’s swiftest financial exits in recent memory ...

Maverick's Rebecca Davis talks about what's actually shaping online political discourse in South Africa right now — and spoiler alert: it’s not ideas, policies, or even real people.

In February 2025 a Scottish court banned a man from leaving the UK after it was found his alleged conduct over several years relating to certain women was ‘utterly harrowing’. South Africa features in ...

Global challenges need globally informed but locally grounded solutions. It is therefore unsurprising that authorities around the world have an eye on South Africa’s experience of media and digital ...

Egypt and Ethiopia blocked a BRICS declaration backing South Africa for a United Nations Security Council seat.

We’re building something unapologetically local — a newsroom rooted right here because we see what’s wrong in this metro, but also what’s right. And we know what’s worth fighting for. The goal? A ...

In the wake of the withdrawal of US Pepfar funding for South Africa’s HIV/Aids programme, there has been an alleged decline in HIV viral load testing across the country. One HIV expert described the ...

Russia launched on Sunday its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, destroying homes and killing at least one woman a day before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to discuss a ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.