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  • Broke, divided and barely visible: the ANC limps towards 4 November

    With less than a month until South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya assess the state of the ANC’s campaign. They also talk about Johannesburg, where recent polling suggests the DA will not win an outright majority. 

    Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
    Edited by: Joel Seboa
    Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
    Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze

    This episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism. 

    00:00 – Introduction: Election Season 

    01:55 – The ANC's "Ground Campaign" 

    02:45 – Funding and Organisational Strain 

    05:00 – Visibility on the Campaign Trail 

    06:05 – Regional Defiance of National Decisions 

    07:55 – Andile Lungisa and Luthuli House 

    08:45 – Frank Chikane Left Off the Joburg List 

    11:05 – Johannesburg Polling and the DA 

    13:00 – Coalition Models for Johannesburg 

    15:55 – Business Pressure and the National ANC 

    18:05 – The Coalition Timeline 

    19:55 – Tshwane


     


     

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    19 min
  • AI Risks and AI Hype: Two Daily Maverick Journalists Debate

    In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, senior journalist Rebecca Davis and Business Maverick managing editor Lindsey Schutters debate the risks of artificial intelligence. Davis argues that recent reported incidents, including AI agents hacking systems, altering their own reasoning records and acting beyond their instructions, point to genuine safety concerns. Schutters explains that much of the existential fear reflects marketing by AI companies seeking investment ahead of stock market listings, and that responsibility lies with the people who build the models. The discussion covers AI safety, autonomous agents, military applications, AGI and the future of white-collar work.



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    Hosted by: Rebecca Davis and Lindsey Schutters

    Edited by: Joel Seboa

    Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa

    Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze


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    32 min
  • Cape Town Planning Tribunal Agreed With Officials Almost Every Time

    Over thirteen months, Cape Town’s Municipal Planning Tribunal ruled on 1,328 land-use and development cases. Not one was recorded as an explicit departure from city planners’ recommendations. The pattern surfaced in a fight over two data centres proposed near Cape Town International Airport, where objectors warned of a 174-megawatt draw on the grid and 4.4 billion litres of water a year, in communities that already struggle to pay municipal bills. Daily Maverick’s Kevin Bloom’s reporting explains what the numbers show, how the city defends them, why the city says the tribunal occasionally disagrees, and why the tribunal’s required independence - set out in national law - is now in question.

    Reporting by: Kevin Bloom


    Filmed by: Joel Seboa

    Edited by: Anda Tolibadi

    Produced by: Emilie Gambade

    Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo

    Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

    For Daily Maverick’s full report on this issue, please see the link here.

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    8 min
  • Swimming SA to Pay Tatjana Smith Interest, Faces Scrutiny Over Kit's Deal

    Swimming South Africa withheld prize money owed to Tatjana Smith for over a year after her historic gold and silver medals at the 2023 World Championships, and allegedly failed to pay interest accrued during that delay. The federation has now agreed to pay the outstanding interest in full, following a letter of demand from Smith's attorney. The dispute has also drawn scrutiny to the federation's kit sponsorship rules and its handling of an information request over its contract with swimwear brand Arena. Daily Maverick's sports journalist Annemieke Thomaidis reports.



    Reporting by: Annemieke Thomaidis

    Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo

    Edited by: Joel Seboa

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    Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn



     

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    6 min
  • Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action

    Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa boss Lucky Montana, along with his alleged corruptors and their enablers, could be facing charges for their alleged crimes. Daily Maverick’s investigative journalist for Scorpio Pieter-Louis Myburgh explains. 

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    • Wagner strongly denied any impropriety. He remained adamant that Midtownbrace had made a legitimate investment in Montana’s townhouse development: “I deny any insinuation and/or allegation that Midtownbrace is part of alleged corruption and money laundering or that any TMM dealings was done via Midtownbrace,” stated Wagner.
  • Siyangena Technologies said it noted from the SIU’s court papers that no relief is being sought against the company. “As the matter is sub judice it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further,” the company stated.
  • Lucky Montana did not respond to requests for comment.
  • Van der Walt reportedly moved to Texas in the United States around the time of the Zondo Commission and could not be reached for comment.

    • Reporting by: Pieter-Louis Myburgh


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    13 min
  • Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions

    Daily Maverick’s Tamsin Metelerkamp visited Sassa offices across five provinces to look at the agency’s intensified grant review process, launched to detect fraud. The investigation found overburdened, understaffed offices, frequent system outages, and lawful beneficiaries facing suspended payments and repeated office visits to resolve them. 

    Reporting by: Tamsin Metelerkamp


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    4 min
  • Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes

    Minutes reveal former apartheid president FW De Klerk told his final Cabinet meeting that an agreement with Nelson Mandela and the ANC on indemnity for apartheid crimes was reached 48 hours before the 1994 election – igniting accountability questions. Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm explains.



    Reporting by: Marianne Thamm

    Filmed by: Joel Seboa

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    6 min
  • Inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending

    While tertiary students across South Africa demand an increase in food allowances and an accommodation cap, the upper echelon of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) appears to be operating on a vastly different budget, including eyebrow-raising spending on hotels. Siyabonga Goni reports.

    Reporting by: Siyabonga Goni 
    Filmed by: Joel Seboa 
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    3 min
  • Is Cape Town Fast-Tracking a Power-Hungry Data Hub?

    A golf course became a R3-billion logistics hub. Now it’s set to house two of Cape Town’s biggest data centres. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters reports on a R100 land-swap, a data centre reclassified as a “warehouse”, and the environmental assessment that’s been pushed down the road.

    Reporting by: Lindsey Schutters 
    Filmed by: Joel Seboa 
    Edited by: Anda Tolibadi 
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    8 min
  • Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing

    The DA has promised to get rid of corruption in municipalities, ring-fence revenue for electricity and water, and to bring in the private sector to boost many service areas. Let’s assess its manifesto.

    Hosted by: Lerato Mutsila and Ferial Haffajee

    Edited by: Joel Seboa
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    17 min

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