Japan's parliament failed to set a date for its vote on a new prime minister on Wednesday, after party leaders spent a day in inconclusive coalition talks.

President Vladimir Putin will hold talks in Moscow with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa later on Wednesday, the Syrian president's first visit to Russia since coming to power, and the fate of Russia's ...

South Africa has marked a significant milestone in its digital transformation with the launch of a next-generation intelligent fibre network. In a strategic partnership with Huawei, Broadband Infraco ...

If life is meant to be a journey, why not choose, where possible, to cover ground with a spring in our step, and a smile on our face?

One of the best ways to work out how everyone else feels, particularly how capital feels, about the future is to see where money is being spent. And for so many reasons, currently we just don’t have ...

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Dada Morero, the Mayor of Johannesburg, led an operation on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, to enforce municipal by-laws and restore “order, safety, and compliance” in the inner city. Daily Maverick ...

A call from a South African military official with evidence of dangerous political strategies drew Bantu Holomisa into the investigation of the deaths of the Cradock Four, seven years after their ...

A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said, the latest such operation in recent weeks.

Network provider MTN has reached a settlement with the Nelson Mandela Bay metro after a dispute that saw the call centre non-operational for 33 days.

Daily Maverick readers have revealed that the city’s land information system, where all house plans, zoning applications and land use permissions must be lodged, has been down for weeks — reportedly ...