Maverick News ‘Cautious optimism that mini-budget will deliver the goods despite low growth’ 4 min 11 By Victoria O’Regan
testing Fighting corruption? Really? President Ramaphosa could start today — but he won’t 5 min 2 By Azarrah Karim for amaBhungane
Maverick News IDT mistrust (Part One) — How Minister Zikalala and his ‘comrade chair’ nixed probes into CEO Malaka 8 min 2 By Azarrah Karrim for amaBhungane
Maverick Citizen Reversing austerity: How Budget 3.0 can restore educational integrity and infrastructure in South Africa. 4 min 1 By Mahfouz Raffee and Matshidiso Lencoasa
Maverick Citizen Nelson Mandela Bay faces ‘devastating’ loss of R542m in grant funding 6 min 25 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Eastern Cape rural municipalities return R2.2bn in unspent grants to Treasury over five years 2 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Nelson Mandela Bay has lost R430m in National Treasury grants due to underspending 4 min 7 By Estelle Ellis
Business Maverick Standard Bank’s Kasi SME pitch challenge goes national as government doubles down on job creation 4 min 1 By Lisakanya Venna
Business Maverick Budget 3.0: Godongwana sets new date amid political turmoil and economic uncertainty 4 min 4 By Yeshiel Panchia
South Africa VAT hike reversal — what happens next in the Budget process? 4 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
Business Maverick After the Bell: Decoding the truth after SA’s Budget 2025 Rashomon 3 min 4 By Tim Cohen
Maverick News It was a difficult process, says Mbalula on VAT withdrawal as uncertainty looms over budgetary shortfall 4 min 9 By Nonkululeko Njilo
Maverick News DA claims win in Treasury VAT U-turn, says ANC ‘deception happens repeatedly’ in GNU 6 min 28 By Victoria O’Regan
Business Maverick ‘Only game in town’: Treasury must now slash the fat with no hike for the VAT 4 min 9 By Ed Stoddard
Maverick News VAT’s enough — Godongwana’s powers under scrutiny in high court challenge 5 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan
Op-eds The exclusivity of inclusive growth (Part 1) — to those that hath shall always be given 9 min 2 By Jeff Rudin
Maverick News Home Affairs pushes SA closer to digital ID with verification system facelift 2 min 2 By Lerato Mutsila
South Africa Budget battles — ANC, DA, and the fight over power, policy and politics 5 min 19 By Stephen Grootes
Our Burning Planet Joburg Water’s turnaround strategy: Can it secure the R3bn needed to address the crisis? 5 min 3 By Julia Evans
