There’s a joke that runs through the Ward 88 WhatsApp group most weekends. Someone posts that the power’s gone again – usually on a Saturday afternoon, often on a Sunday morning – and within minutes somebody else replies: “Oh, it must be Sunday.” But no o... See more
A free press is not a courtesy the state extends to journalists. It is a constitutional load-bearing wall. When journalists investigate the police — the institution society arms and empowers to protect its citizens — they do the work the Constitution anti... See more
Come late 2026, I will have a household of eligible voters – from the old-hand octogenarian to the newly minted 18-year-old. The election date is yet to be announced, but we have already started to have some lively conversations about voting, and why it’s... See more
10 Nov 2025
0 Three months have passed since we publicly released damning video footage and audio recording Independent Development Trust CEO Tebogo Malaka and her spokesperson Phasha Makgolane offering a R60,000 cash bribe to Daily Maverick investigative... See more
