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Cape Town data centre developers say objectors misunderstand the hustle dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Cape Town data centre developers say objectors misunderstand the hustle

Cape Town data centre developers say objectors misunderstand the hustle

Unpacking the rebuttal for the appeal to the Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal approval for the Equinix data centres near the airport raises more questions than answers.…

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You vandalise my mural, I’ll paint it again: Gqeberha artist’s response dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
You vandalise my mural, I’ll paint it again: Gqeberha artist’s response

You vandalise my mural, I’ll paint it again: Gqeberha artist’s response

Muralist Muneeb Wassin has answered the vandals who defaced his Bayworld mural in the language he knows best: paint.…

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Resident Evil — a horror video game adaptation with a wicked sense of humour dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Resident Evil — a horror video game adaptation with a wicked sense of humour

Resident Evil — a horror video game adaptation with a wicked sense of humour

While it’s probably too far removed from its source material narratively to please hardcore fans who want to see their favourite Resident Evil characters and storylines on the big screen, Zach...

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Nine-try Springboks blitz Italy in Turin to set Nations Championship pace dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Nine-try Springboks blitz Italy in Turin to set Nations Championship pace

Nine-try Springboks blitz Italy in Turin to set Nations Championship pace

The Springboks scored a record 66-7 (halftime 45-0) away win over Italy in a Nations Championship match in Turin on Saturday. …

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Georgia’s wines take you on a wild but enjoyable ride dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Georgia’s wines take you on a wild but enjoyable ride

Georgia’s wines take you on a wild but enjoyable ride

As with anything you should start at the beginning. And Georgia’s long history of wine – it was invented here, 8,000 years ago – is as rich and complex as they come, a whole universe to...

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‘Our people are angry’ — MK party threatens to challenge election results dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
‘Our people are angry’ — MK party threatens to challenge election results

‘Our people are angry’ — MK party threatens to challenge election results

The uMkhonto Wesizwe party has warned that it could approach the Electoral Court of South Africa over alleged irregularities in the 2026 local government elections.…

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Malema blames GNU cooperation for EFF losing support to the DA dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Malema blames GNU cooperation for EFF losing support to the DA

Malema blames GNU cooperation for EFF losing support to the DA

EFF leader Julius Malema says voters questioned why they should not support the DA at the ballot box when the ANC itself was willing to work with the party and give it positions in government.…

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Menopausal women want answers, not ‘old granny’ labels dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Menopausal women want answers, not ‘old granny’ labels

Menopausal women want answers, not ‘old granny’ labels

Across the country’s townships and rural clinics, women are breaking inherited silences to redefine reproductive ageing on their own terms.…

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Boks’ superior depth could prove decisive in Nations Championship title race dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Boks’ superior depth could prove decisive in Nations Championship title race

Boks’ superior depth could prove decisive in Nations Championship title race

With a number of leading teams missing some key players, the Springboks are ideally placed to mount a really strong bid for glory in the tournament.…

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The varsity research subsidy game is up — the education department cannot back down dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
The varsity research subsidy game is up — the education department cannot back down

The varsity research subsidy game is up — the education department cannot back down

The higher education minister’s latest communique takes aim at hyper-publication, predatory journals and rent-an-affiliation deals. Some universities seem rattled. His department must stand firm.…

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Blue landslide in US gives SA hope — but Trump still has sharp teeth dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Blue landslide in US gives SA hope — but Trump still has sharp teeth

Blue landslide in US gives SA hope — but Trump still has sharp teeth

Democratic control of the US Congress could help South Africa to repair its strained relations with Washington, but the cornered president retains power over foreign policy — and he may well use...

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Taking stock, nearly eight years on from a pandemic that changed us dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Taking stock, nearly eight years on from a pandemic that changed us

Taking stock, nearly eight years on from a pandemic that changed us

Roads dissipate like shape-shifting mirages when the stories of the unfolding years dissolve into what’s really in front of you. As the final days of the year are swallowed up, you cast an eye over...

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Springboks set out their Nations Championship stall early for clash against Italy dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Springboks set out their Nations Championship stall early for clash against Italy

Springboks set out their Nations Championship stall early for clash against Italy

Rassie Erasmus named a powerful team to face Italy in Turin on Saturday, which will be led by Siya Kolisi.…

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Roast chicken with a walnut and date stuffing dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Roast chicken with a walnut and date stuffing

Roast chicken with a walnut and date stuffing

Here’s a recipe first published in 2022, delivered to you again while your Food Editor is on leave. A stuffing of walnuts and dates with fynbos herbs makes this fresh way with a roast chicken a...

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Pope Leo starts South America ‘homecoming’ tour a month after lung surgery dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Pope Leo starts South America ‘homecoming’ tour a month after lung surgery

Pope Leo starts South America ‘homecoming’ tour a month after lung surgery

Pope Leo left on Friday for an ambitious 12-day trip across South America expected to attract millions-strong crowds, as the first US-born pope returns to a Catholic stronghold where he lived for...

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Why is rent so expensive in Cape Town, and would rent control help? dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Why is rent so expensive in Cape Town, and would rent control help?

Why is rent so expensive in Cape Town, and would rent control help?

Rent in Cape Town keeps climbing, and its Airbnbs keep multiplying. Politically Aweh set out to figure out why it’s so expensive, and spoke to the Rent Control Group. Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews,...

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Protecting baboons without taking away their freedom is a practical alternative to removal dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Protecting baboons without taking away their freedom is a practical alternative to removal

Protecting baboons without taking away their freedom is a practical alternative to removal

With most of the Waterfall troop already living naturally on the mountain, fencing Simon’s Town could reduce conflict without sacrificing the baboons’ freedom.…

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How new franchise models are expanding business ownership in South Africa and beyond dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
How new franchise models are expanding business ownership in South Africa and beyond

How new franchise models are expanding business ownership in South Africa and beyond

From digital pizza stores to independent coffee bikes and micro-franchises, entrepreneurs are reshaping franchise models to widen access and reflect local markets.…

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MK party takes four KZN municipalities from ANC as governance test looms dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
MK party takes four KZN municipalities from ANC as governance test looms

MK party takes four KZN municipalities from ANC as governance test looms

The people of KwaZulu-Natal will get the first real taste of the uMkhonto Wesizwe party’s leadership as it looks set to govern a number of municipalities for the first time. …

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What Gauteng’s top parties demand in coalition talks dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
What Gauteng’s top parties demand in coalition talks

What Gauteng’s top parties demand in coalition talks

With outright majorities out of reach across Gauteng’s metros, the province’s top six parties are outlining their non-negotiables for coalition agreements.…

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