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After the marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next
Episode 98
The marches are done. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis sits down with reporters Lerato Mutsila, Felix Dlangamandla and Naledi Mashishi — fresh off the …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Campaigns: What’s Really Driving Them?
Episode 97
South Africa is experiencing its strongest anti-migrant backlash in years. But when we investigated one of the most successful online campaigns drivi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Xenophobia, fear and South Africa’s fault lines
Episode 96
South Africa is confronting one of its most significant waves of xenophobic unrest in years. Rebecca Davis, Victoria O’Regan and Felix Dlangamandla e…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban
Episode 95
South Africa’s political map is shifting fast. Can Helen Zille take Johannesburg? Is the ANC running out of leaders? Why is the DA struggling to broa…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Principal allegedly behind bigoted Facebook posts moves to new Cape Town school
Episode 94
The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed that George Gueorguiev, the Kommetjie Primary School principal at the centre of a 2025 hate speec…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Nelson Mandela Bay’s Dodgy Job Ads: Parliament Calls For Criminal Probe
Episode 93
Nelson Mandela Bay is under Parliament’s microscope after the Cogta committee called for a criminal investigation into irregular job advertisements p…
2 months, 1 week ago
Nelson Mandela Bay’s Dodgy Job Ads: Parliament Calls For Criminal Probe
Episode 93
Nelson Mandela Bay is under Parliament’s microscope after the Cogta committee called for a criminal investigation into irregular job advertisements p…
2 months, 1 week ago
The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told
Episode 92
A once-in-14-years opportunity to put better books in South African classrooms. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis investigated what happened when a grou…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Business of School Sport: Are Children Paying the Price?
Episode 91
From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pre…
2 months, 1 week ago
POWER CHAT: They Never Gave Up: Families Fight for Justice Over Apartheid-Era Atrocities
Episode 90
In this episode of Power Chat, Marianne Thamm discusses with Caryn Dolley the relentless campaign for justice led by the families of victims of apart…
2 months, 2 weeks ago