One month ago the Daily Maverick published an article by De Wet Potgieter headlined "Al Qaeda is alive and well in South Africa." A second part was promised, but has still not been published.
Yael Even Or and Camila Osorio
Opinion | 17 June 2013
While many South Africans are enduring overcrowded taxis or ever-increasing rail fares on their daily commute, Wilfred âJackâ Delekile, a 60 year old plumber from Khayelitsha, is cycling to and from his work.
Bonga Magazi
News | 13 June 2013
âAre you a boy or a girl?â âGo outside and play with other boys and throw that doll away. Who bought it?â My father shouts at me as he finds me playing with the cheap fashion doll which I secretly brought with my lunch money after months of saving.
Luckyboy Mkhondwane
Opinion | 5 June 2013
The offices of a community newspaper were burned to the ground in October 1985. It was situated opposite the Grand Parade and next to Cape Townâs historic City Hall. A few weeks earlier three of the newspaperâs employees were taken into detention by apartheid security police who swooped on their homes in the dead of night, armed to the teeth.
Mansoor Jaffer
News | 5 June 2013
âOutoiletâ is an Afrikaans word meaning âold toiletâ, but it also refers to a cellphone chat site, aimed mainly at Cape Flats youth. Its URLs are blocked by several service providers, but the site frequently re-emerges with different URLs.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 22 May 2013
On Friday Judge Phalatsi ordered that 13-year old Lerato Radebe be immediately readmitted to her school in Welkom. Every morning since 26 February Lerato was removed from her classroom and marched to the staff-room where she was made to spend the school day sitting idly. This was done because Lerato, whose family is Rastafarian, wears dreadlocks in her hair.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 20 May 2013
The exile experience of women in the liberation movements â a largely neglected aspect of recent South African history â will feature this year at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in a discussion involving the octogenarian feminist writer, Lauretta Ngcobo.
Terry Bell
News | 16 May 2013
Cape Town-based writer Lauren Beukes won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel Zoo City. Her new novel, The Shining Girls, is receiving rave reviews and is set to make best-seller lists around the world. Marcus Low talked to her about her writing and about the links between speculative fiction and real-world social issues.
Marcus Low
News | 15 May 2013
The Cape Cultural Collective (CCC) is as strange and unusual as it is interesting and inspirational. It began in 2007 when a small group of anti-apartheid activists, musicians, and poets decided to start a movement promoting social change in communities through artistic projects. Since then, it has grown into a large network of talented performers discussing important South African issues through song, dance, poetry, or whatever art engages and entertains their audiences.
Margo Fortune
News | 8 May 2013
âI have to tie his leg to the couch. If I donât he wanders away and I have to run around the whole of RR section in search of him, giving people a description of him and asking if anyone has seen a boy resembling my son.â
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 24 April 2013
South Africa's social grant system is sometimes criticised as financially unsustainable and fueling dependency, but people such as Maureen Philander from Delft provide an example of how social assistance can transform lives. She shares her story with us.
Maureen Philander
Opinion | 6 March 2013
Police say they are taking steps to combat illegal drag racing activities in light of the growing popularity of the dangerous sport.
Janine Fortuin
News | 20 February 2013
Every morning officials at the Khayelitsha Court, taxi drivers, teachers and other people on their way to work get their freshly brewed cup of hot coffee from three enterprising young men with a logo, premises and honest graft. Maintaining a small business is hard work but these guys are making their "Department of Coffee" a going concern.
Neo Sithole
News | 20 February 2013
Suzanne, 25 years old of Kalksteen, is an ex-gang member and drug addict who is now inspiring young women in her community.
Margo Fortune
News | 20 February 2013
A new refuge has opened in Khayelitsha D-section that will accommodate young homeless boys in and around Cape Town.
Mihle Pike
News | 13 February 2013
Ricardo Fortune explains how he has freed himself of Eskom and gone off the grid to power his house.
Janine Fortuin and Neo Sithole
News | 13 February 2013