Daily Maverick
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Daily Maverick is a wholly independent and always entertaining source for all the news and insight South Africans need. It is a unique blend of global and local news, analysis and opinion.
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Haiti’s nine-member governing council began to take control of the troubled, gang-riven Caribbean nation as local media reported sporadic gunfire throughout parts of the capital. ..read more
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A review of 16 randomised controlled trials testing the efficacy of CBD products for pain found they did not work ..read more
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Banking in South Africa became somewhat safer this week with the launch of the Corporation for Deposit Insurance by the South African Reserve Bank as part of a move to ensure financial stability ..read more
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South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee has slightly raised its forecast for the 2024 maize forecast. But it is still seen 19% lower than last year because of the heat waves triggered by El Niño, which has thankfully faded. ..read more
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South Africa’s e-commerce industry might be spooked by the likes of Temu, Shein and Amazon, but it’s putting up a fight ..read more
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Wow, how the mighty have fallen. During the apartheid era, Anglo American controlled around 40% of stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange by value. Fast forward 30 years and there is now a very good chance it will disappear entirely ..read more
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South African Mines Minister Gwede Mantashe signaled his opposition to BHP Group Ltd.’s proposed takeover of Anglo American Plc ..read more
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Wall Street was rattled by data that showed exactly what stock traders did not want to hear: a significant slowdown in the world’s largest economy and persistent inflation pressures ..read more
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Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune plunged $20 billion as shares of Meta Platforms Inc. tumbled, allowing Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk to cement his status as the world’s third-richest billionaire ..read more