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  1. Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a surgical emergency

    5 DAYS AGO

    Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a surgical emergency

    Grey's Hospital in Pietermaritzburg is a surgical lifeline for 4.5 million people across western KwaZulu-Natal. For years, its ageing air conditioning system has been breaking down, forcing surgery cancellations and endangering patients. The department knew. It had a plan. The plan failed. Now it has another plan.  Reporting by: Craig Bentley-McKune  Edits and animation by:  Joel Seboa Filmed by: Joel Seboa  Produced by: Emilie Gambade  Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo  Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme Support journalism that protects democracy. Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick Subscribe to our channel:    / @dailymavericksa   Follow us on X : https://x.com/dailymaverick Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailymaverick Check our website: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/dailymaverick/ Check out our TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymavericksa Download Daily Maverick Mobile App: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/daily... Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    6 min
  2. Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building

    10 APR

    Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building

    In late February 2026, the City of Cape Town auctioned off 53 City-owned properties, including the famous Good Hope Centre. The man who claims his bid was successful is a Nigeria-born pastor who leads a charismatic church in Maitland. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains. Reporting by: Rebecca Davis  Filmed by: Joel Seboa  Edited by: Anda Tolibadi  Produced by: Emilie Gambade  Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme Support journalism that protects democracy. Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick  Subscribe to our channel:    / @dailymavericksa   Follow us on X : https://x.com/dailymaverick Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailymaverick Check our website: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/dailymaverick/ Check out our TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymavericksa Download Daily Maverick Mobile App: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/daily...   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    6 min
  3. How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe

    8 APR

    How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe

    Between 2013 and 2018, R11.3-million in cash flowed into Palcocap — a company linked to former Transnet and Eskom boss Brian Molefe — through 706 ATM deposits across South Africa. Daily Maverick’s investigative journalist for Scorpio Pieter-Louis Myburgh maps the money trail: the ATMs near Molefe’s homes, the deposits that started four days after he moved to Eskom, and the striking overlap between his Gupta contact dates and cash flowing into the account. This is Part 2 of Daily Maverick’s Palcocap series.  Reporting by: Pieter-Louis Myburgh  Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo  Filmed by: Joel Seboa  Produced by: Emilie Gambade  Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn  Support journalism that protects democracy.  Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    10 min
  4. Inside the US–Israel War on Iran - and What It Means for Africa

    8 APR

    Inside the US–Israel War on Iran - and What It Means for Africa

    This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa You can listen to the Let’s Talk Human Rights podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/59LYbrnDnmsupzBh9Sb9dH?si=9ea830a251094765 Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi Guest: Ronak Gopaldas Edited by: Joel Seboa Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze You can listen to the podcast everywhere, including Spotify! Support journalism that protects democracy.  Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyMaverickSA/videos Follow us on X : https://x.com/dailymaverick   Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailymaverick Check our website: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/dailymaverick/   Check out our TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymavericksa Download Daily Maverick Mobile App: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/daily-maverick-app/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    30 min
  5. How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

    30 MAR

    How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

    Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.  Reporting by: Rebecca Davis  Edited by: Anda Tolibadi  Filmed by: Joel Seboa  Produced by: Emilie Gambade  Creative lead: Malibongwe Tyilo  Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn  Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/artic... https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/artic... https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/artic...  Support journalism that protects democracy.  Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick  You can find us on Instagram here:  On TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymavericksa Or on Twitter here: https://x.com/dailymaverick Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    7 min
  6. From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy

    30 MAR

    From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy

    South African couple Melany and Peet Viljoen revelled in the limelight. Melany featured on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Pretoria. And Viljoen styled himself as a legal eagle. But all wasn’t as it seemed. The couple perpetuated the lie that there is a ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, with Afrikaners being violently targeted. So they moved to the US, where they were arrested on shoplifting charges. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.  Reporting by: Caryn Dolley  Edited by: Joel Seboa  Filmed by: Joel Seboa  Produced by: Emilie Gambade  Creative lead: Malibongwe Tyilo  Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-12-the-viljoens-from-real-housewives-fame-in-sa-to-us-shoplifting-bubbly/ Support journalism that protects democracy.  Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick  Subscribe to Daily Maverick YouTube channel. @dailymaverickchannel Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    4 min
  7. Mayor or DA Leader? Geordin Hill-Lewis on Cape Town, the GNU & Why He’s Staying Put

    23 MAR

    Mayor or DA Leader? Geordin Hill-Lewis on Cape Town, the GNU & Why He’s Staying Put

    Daily Maverick’s Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee puts the hard questions to Cape Town's Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, on inequality, the DA leadership race, and what a functional city actually means. Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee Guest: Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis Edited by: Joel Seboa Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze You can listen to the podcast everywhere, including Spotify! Support journalism that protects democracy.  Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    27 min
  8. Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart

    23 MAR

    Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart

    Two competing narratives have emerged since KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged in July 2025 that a cartel had penetrated South Africa’s criminal justice system, politics, and private security. Either he is exposing a national crisis, or he is deflecting from his own alleged misconduct. Daily Maverick's Caryn Dolley explains. Reporting by: Caryn Dolley  Edited by: Joel Seboa  Filmed by: Joel Seboa  Produced by: Emilie Gambade  Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme  Support journalism that protects democracy.  Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick  Subscribe to Daily Maverick YouTube channel. @dailymaverickchannel   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    4 min
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