With the grid holding steady and major load shedding disruptions conspicuously absent, the air at Enlit Africa 2025 felt a bit thin and less urgent.

Health workers have long relied on Body Mass Index to gauge whether people are within a healthy weight range. Now, top researchers have made the case for a new way to understand and diagnose obesity.

In the Eastern Cape, youth unemployment is nothing short of catastrophic. Young people here are not asking for handouts, they’re asking for opportunity.

In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi and veteran journalist Phillip van Niekerk, delve into the escalating tensions in the Middle East, following a significant Israeli attack on ...

New developments since the Oval Office spectacle cast new light on the potential implications for South Africa’s critical minerals, space ambitions, and ongoing trade negotiations.

As the Government of National Unity marks one year in power, Daily Maverick staffers give their take on who’s dithered and who’s delivered in Cabinet.

Accusations of ‘state-enabled xenophobia’ flew in the Gauteng Division of the High Court on Wednesday as SAPS members and Home Affairs officials denied colluding with the anti-migrant group Operation ...

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is in cold shutdown; however, Russian officials openly speak of their plans to restart it. This is despite urgent safety concerns.

AI is evolving from generative tools to autonomous agents, now African businesses face skills shortages as the tech giants shift focus from traditional coding bootcamps to ‘AI readiness’ – but are we ...

In Bothaville, Free State, Daily Maverick photographer Felix Dlangamandla captures farm workers gleaning mielies to survive, others setting controlled veld fires to renew the land for the next season.

The power of Bitter Winter lies not only in its storytelling, but in how it invites us to feel our way through the hard work of making room for each other. It does what few things still manage, it ...