As venture capital pivots away from software, investments are surging into defence and robotics, highlighting a new era where physical innovation takes precedence over digital applications.
Global trade is shifting. To compete alongside cities like Dubai and Singapore, Cape Town must overcome state-backed logistical bottlenecks and embrace proactive, autonomous city diplomacy.
In a challenging retail landscape, Mr Price and Pepkor reveal contrasting strategies, highlighting their unique approaches to growth and market dynamics.
Questions to the Nelson Mandela Bay metro by DA councillor Gustav Rautenbach have uncovered why the Nelson Mandela Bay metro council’s chief whip Wandisela Jikeka has found his official vehicle suddenly downgraded from an Audi Q5 to a Ford Focus – and now councillors want answers.
Celebrating its 13th anniversary in Thohoyandou, the Economic Freedom Fighters launched a bold municipal campaign centred on insourcing and basic services. Julius Malema aims to rally young people and reverse recent ballot declines following high-profile leadership exits.
Brian Molefe faces off against Eskom’s Pension and Provident Fund in the Constitutional Court, disputing the amount he owes from a controversial R10m pension payout amid claims of bad-faith litigation.
On 18 July 2026, Mandela Day, the former interim president of Israel and Speaker of the Knesset, Avraham Burg, headlined an event in South Africa for left-leaning members of the local Jewish community. As one of his country’s most powerful dissident voices, a man shunned and reviled by the Israeli mainstream, Burg’s message was in equal parts uncompromising, nuanced and fresh. After the event, Daily Maverick caught up with him for an intimate face-to-face interview.
As the DA navigates the upcoming elections, the influence of ex-strategist Ryan Coetzee reveals deeper issues of leadership trust and decision-making authority within the party.
