Scandals Four Initiates Die as Eastern Cape Winter Initiation Season Begins, Seven Arrested Over Illegal Circumcisions July 7, 2026 Daddy
Scandals Ratanda Unrest: 15 Arrested as Investigation Into Mayor’s Burnt Home Continues July 6, 2026 Daddy
Scandals Kraaifontein Man Speaks Out After Alleged Mob Attack Mistakes Him for Undocumented Migrant July 4, 2026 Daddy
Africa News Checkers Sixty60 Delivery Delays Spark Debate Over Jobs After Nationwide Protests July 3, 2026 Daddy
Africa News “Blessing Turned Into a Curse”: Six Family Members Die in Horror Crash Hours After Collecting New Car July 2, 2026 Daddy
Scandals Four Initiates Die as Eastern Cape Winter Initiation Season Begins, Seven Arrested Over Illegal Circumcisions July 7, 2026 Daddy
Scandals Ratanda Unrest: 15 Arrested as Investigation Into Mayor’s Burnt Home Continues July 6, 2026 Daddy
Investigations VBS creditors receive 20c in the rand in second dividend payout, liquidator hails ‘fantastic’ recovery rate February 16, 2026 Daddy VBS Mutual Bank liquidator Anoosh Rooplal has announced a second dividend payout of about R458-million to depositors and municipalities. In total, the liquidation team has so far clawed back about…
Investigations PwC launches forensic investigation into IDT’s troubling R836-million oxygen plants project February 16, 2026 Daddy A Daily Maverick investigation in late 2024 unearthed alleged malfeasance in a project to install oxygen plants at government hospitals. Auditing firm PwC will now carry out a forensic investigation…
Investigations Thembi Simelane threatens journalists with litigation, legal costs for reporting on her spending February 16, 2026 Daddy Minister threatens to sue over an investigative series detailing her lavish spending on luxury goods. The series was published in the wake of revelations around a VBS-linked loan used to…
Politics After Steenhuisen’s exit, here are the front-runners for the DA’s top job February 16, 2026 Daddy Illustrative Image: Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube. The contestation for leadership positions within the Democratic Alliance (DA) has not yet officially begun, but several key positions within the party…
Investigations The Mkhize farm debacle – what else lurks in Ithala’s loan books? February 16, 2026 Daddy The SA Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority wants to liquidate KZN-based Ithala SOC amid major concerns over the state-owned lender’s finances. In this piece, Scorpio unpacks the recent court application before…
Investigations Macpherson calls for lifestyle audits into IDT bosses, gives update on delayed oxygen plants probe February 16, 2026 Daddy Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson wants the Independent Development Trust’s new board to order lifestyle audits into the entity’s senior management. The ongoing investigation into the R836m oxygen…
Politics ‘I have loved leading the DA,’ says Steenhuisen, exiting leadership race under party pressure February 16, 2026 Daddy Democratic Alliance leader and Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen put on a brave face on Wednesday, 4 February 2026, doing his best to project that he wasn’t pushed out of the…
Politics One big win, many hard failures — Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation report card February 16, 2026 Daddy How is President Cyril Ramaphosa doing? On Thursday evening, he will say “it’s all good”. Some things are. The economy is looking up. There’s growing confidence. Energy reform stands out…
Politics PA crushes DA to bag its third George seat, IFP sees off ANC to retain uMzumbe ward in KZN February 16, 2026 Daddy Western Cape Ward 16 (New Dawn Park) George, Garden Route: PA 65% (22%) DA 34% (46%) ANC <1% (1%) TRUTH <1% The setting: New Dawn Park is the eastern part…
Politics Ramaphosa’s decision to deploy the SANDF is deeply flawed. Here’s why February 16, 2026 Daddy President Ramaphosa’s deployment of the SANDF against gangsterism overlooks critical issues, revealing the military’s struggle against neglect and underfunding while failing to tackle the root causes of crime. 16 Feb…