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China’s economy grew at a slightly faster pace than expected in the second quarter, showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, though analysts warn of intensifying headwinds that will ramp up ...

As the State moves to appeal the acquittal of controversial pastor Timothy Omotoso, his legal team has accused the National Prosecuting Authority of abusing court processes by seeking clarification ...

As she prepares for another bail hearing, Karen Webb, the firearms dealer at the centre of a growing arms scandal, now faces a second murder charge — this time linked to the 2024 killing of a man in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine on Monday, and threatened sanctions on buyers of Russian exports unless Russia agrees a peace deal, a major policy shift brought on by ...

The new 154,000ha Maputo heritage park forms an extension to South Africa’s 240,000ha iSimangaliso Wetland Park, enlarging the total area of this transboundary world heritage site to almost 400,000ha.

After four presidents (stop trying to make the Kgalema Motlanthe ‘era’ happen) and no fewer than six different plans to grow the economy, South Africa is still in bad shape… Let’s look back at the ...

Sudanese activists said on Monday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed almost 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday.

After another sold-out edition in 2024, Daily Maverick’s headline event, The Gathering 2025, brought to you in partnership with Ninety One, returns on Thursday, 28 August 2025, at the Cape Town ...

The Bok Women went down to Canada again but the quality of their performance has risen with the Rugby World Cup a month away.

Remote and poorly resourced outposts are soft targets for attacks, and a weak point in regional counter-terrorism efforts.

Spanish police have arrested eight people after three nights of clashes between far-right groups and North African migrants in a town in southeastern Spain, the government said on Monday.