Scandals Unemployment rate improves to 31.4% February 17, 2026 Daddy South Africa’s official unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 of a percentage point to 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with the unemployment rate of 31.9% in the third…
Scandals Joburg’s water crisis could smooth the DA’s path to mayoral victory February 16, 2026 Daddy Johannesburg’s water problems offer an obvious route to a win for Helen Zille and the DA, thanks to the ANC’s poor handling of the situation. The handling of the latest…
Scandals ‘We live with sewage now’ — Limpopo village residents brace for disaster February 14, 2026 Daddy Residents in Mariveni Village, Limpopo, say they feel trapped daily by the stench of a five-month sewage crisis. The local government claims to have fixed the problem. For most families…
Scandals Floating fish — two beaches closed, mass deaths on KZN North Coast February 14, 2026 Daddy KwaZulu-Natal coastal residents were horrified to find hundreds of dead fish floating near the mouth of the Umhlali River this week, with survivors gasping for air or stranded next to…
Scandals Limpopo’s villages are a site of wreckage and resilience as floodwaters subside February 14, 2026 Daddy Three weeks have passed since regions in Limpopo and Mpumalanga were struck by extreme flooding. On a visit to Limpopo villages affected by the disaster, Daily Maverick witnessed not only…
Scandals Students moved to temporary housing as CPUT faces ongoing accommodation crisis February 14, 2026 Daddy In what has become a grimly familiar start to the academic year, Cape Peninsula University of Technology continues to struggle to place students in accommodation. It’s a different academic year,…