What is required is urgent firefighting, not another long-running commission to replicate that which doubtless is already available.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment have both washed their hands, so to speak, of a dead whale stranded in Schoenmakerskop, Gqeberha, as civil ...

Stellenbosch municipal manager Geraldine Mettler says she wanted to go public with the admittedly excellent Inclusionary Zoning Policy in 2023, but with highly contestable local elections on the cards ...

An anti-migrant protest by Operation Dudula outside Seri’s offices backfired when civil society organisations gathered in solidarity with the rights group.

It’s amazing how WhatsApp has changed our lives. I think I live my life on it. And the fact that companies can use it to keep teams together across borders, oceans and continents is sometimes like ...

The smallest tortoise in the world lives on South Africa’s west coast, and a button-shaped succulent endemic to a tiny area of the Northern Cape can be found nowhere else in the world. But the area’s ...

There has been a lot of conversation around Madikwe, but none of the rhetoric has come from the people or entities who oversee the management of the reserve. As custodians of Madikwe, and partners in ...

High-level accusations have been made about a drug cartel in Gauteng that includes corrupt state officials, which is bringing in drugs from South America. Daily Maverick can reveal recent attempts to ...

There was a strong chance that all four wards being contested in the latest round of by-elections could have changed hands, but in the end only one did.

South Africa’s G20 presidency shouldn’t drop the baton passed by Brazil on this crucial issue that underpins good governance.

The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system.