Daily Maverick

Here are my three significant reference points following a visit to South Korea, not least the reliance on human capital to rebuild and reach an advanced development stage.

Students and other users lost easy access to 1.5 million books when the City closed the Johannesburg's central library in 2021 over safety concerns. Now they're demanding that the City reopen its doors, claiming the safety concerns are overstated.

Communities along the Wild Coast are arguing that their case is about ensuring ‘profit-making does not override human rights'. They are challenging a bid by oil and petroleum Shell and others to overturn an interdict on seismic surveys in the area.

Exposure to the telco space in Nigeria and Egypt proves problematic for MTN and Vodacom, while WeBuyCars gets off to a good start after its listing

The upcoming elections have often been described as a watershed, with the potential to break with our political past and open the door to something new. While those bold predictions now appear a touch less likely than they did just a few weeks ago, it is clear that there will be important ramifications for political leaders after the polls.

Two forensic lawyers, arrested on charges relating to ongoing criminal activity at the University of Fort Hare, say their arrests were triggered when they handed over a forensic report and a docket of documents to the Hawks detailing allegations of academic fraud against Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane.

The media matter. Journalists matter. It seems that we need to remind the political parties of their obligations under the Electoral Code – without credible media there can't be credible elections.

Drone strikes forced a small independent refinery in southern Russia to halt operations on Sunday while Moscow's troops kept up ‘intense' fighting in the Kharkiv region after recent advances, as well as along the eastern front.

Rescue teams were searching into the night to try to locate Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter crashed on his way back from a visit to the country’s northwest.

Asian stocks rose after China took steps to shore up its property market and US equities climbed to a fresh record on Friday thanks to resilient corporate earnings.