Daily Maverick

BOOK EXCERPT: Checkmate: Scandal, cheating and the billion-dollar rise of chess

Paramount wraps up mega Warner Bros merger to create Hollywood powerhouse Skydance

AMABHUNGANE: Cops traded with ‘Ralph Stanfield’s company

CAUGHT OUT: JSE-listed Blu Label mum on ownership details in McKenzie-linked Ticketpro takeover

POLAR POLITICS: Exclusive: China proposes its own Antarctic marine protected area – in a Soviet-named sea

HOUSING DISPUTE: Court halts Gqeberha evictions as families resist move into vandalised units

JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION: JSC interviews scrutinise Eastern Cape judiciary, deputy judge president post unfilled

THE DIGITAL FRONTIER: South Africa is the land of AI contradiction when it comes to jobs

Cornell hires ex-Justice Dept official Yates to review rape claims response

BROKEN BARRACKS: Despite R57m in maintenance, Gqeberha police barracks remain ‘a horror show’

Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man who travelled from Congo dies

France is losing its sanity premium as chaos reigns

US agency to rewrite rules to address vehicle headlight glare

Electoral Court delivers praiseworthy rulings for IEC in candidate list cases

Medicine availability must be measured at the pharmacy window

UNSAFE BET OP-ED: AI and gambling — the regulatory gap in South Africa is growing

Local elections 2026: MK can win Joburg outright, says mayoral candidate Bongani Baloyi

NAME CHANGES: Five Joburg inner-city streets may be renamed while Sandton Drive debate unresolved

WILD LIFERS: ‘Free of freedom’ and the case against baboon captivity

XENOBAROMETER: Database of victim testimony details months of violence by March and March in Durban