Daily Maverick - 2021-08-28

• WE CAN GET NO EDUCATION
• SA DRUG SUSPECTS SMACKED BY FBI
• JUSTICE FOR WHISTLE-BLOWER
• GUNNING FOR THE GUPTAS
• Deokaran potentiall­y unveiled criminal syndicate at DOH
• A billion rand up in smoke? An update on the great Covid-19 fogging swindle
• A strike at the heart of Gupta empire
• Deal for Guptas’ Optimum Coal gets approval from regulator
• Young men take up the baton and narrow gender gap in vaccinatio­ns
• Traditiona­l leaders plead with government to allow gatherings for a discussion about vaccines
• COVID WEEK IN BRIEF
• Working for the greater good of the City of Gold
• Into Floyd Shivambu’s animal farm
• Lockdown prohibitio­n pushes South Africa’s alcohol problem to the fore
• THE 12 STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
• Activists call on African health leaders to prioritise high-impact policy measures on alcohol use
• Why recycling is window dressing
• The steps to conserve the Earth’s living systems is mapped, but it’s a rough ride
• Ghost of Bashir has been stalking corridors of power
• AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
• The lawyer with a long heart
• Child-free single ladies are bravely charting new futures
• Cape Town’s mayoral contest faces a very dry white season
• Instead of a ‘dry white season’, spring is coming for Cape Town
• Lack of action against traitors is concerning
• The ANC must suffer the consequenc­es of its inefficien­cy
• In SA, with its ‘childism’, kids’ futures are still being stolen
• Wake up. Do something.
• The US wrecks another country thinking it’s playing the ‘great game’
• It was as though Eve was offering us a free apple in the kingdom of heaven with zero consequenc­es
• If you love yourself – even just a little bit – do not film yourself playing sport
• Your soapbox debate
• Please don’t allow the looting of our intellectu­al property
• DMRE CADASTRE TENDER: IF WE ARE TO LEARN FROM ESKOM AND TRANSNET DEBACLES, OFFSHORE IS NOT ALWAYS BEST
• MY FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE SINCE 1682 - AND I BELIEVE THIS GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO CALL MYSELF AN AFRICAN
• Is it still worth investing in Nigeria?
• Beautiful News platform shows off the best of humanity
• Is Women’s Month all about value signalling?
• SA economy has been more resilient than SARB expected
• South Africa’s economy 11% bigger after Stats SA revises the country’s GDP data
• July figures show an easing in inflationa­ry pressures, spell good news for lending rates
• Future Forex is betting on crypto arbitrage gaining traction in SA
• MultiChoic­e feels the pain after being slapped with a $2.2bn tax bill in Nigeria
• At the age of four, teething troubles still haunt country’s young stock exchanges
• Unemployme­nt hits a record 34.4% as formal sector bleeds
• We need to accelerate young women’s economic equality – now
• New data-centric digital hub ShopriteX innovates in retail
• Reality TV star’s new juice venture starts to bear fruit
• Massmart to boost e-commerce with purchase of OneCart
• Fed taper can’t move too fast, and it dare not move too slow
• The right policy mix could boost China’s growth amid pandemic
• Next five years of growth already priced into markets
• Banks look to boost lending in the affordable housing market
• Working from home and tax deductions: what to look out for
• Mpumelelo Secondary shines in JSE Investment Challenge
• A trip to gorgeous but ugly Cape Town will leave you thinking and feeling all sorts of strange
• We are damned if we don’t find a solution to unemployme­nt – and it’s really not that difficult
• RBM saga: the poster child of SA’s mining governance mess
• Delta variant tests global and local economies
• G20 stakes are higher than ever
• ‘Star Trek’ vs Imperialis­t Doctrine: whether stated good intentions are real or not
• FLY TO WORK
• When tech meets nature
• DANNY DE NOBREGA
• Vastly different but equally excellent
• It was like magic! That virtual credit card popped up just when I needed it most
• Age is just a number for Zanele Situ, eyeing a 5th medal at her 6th Games
• How the Paralympic­s have evolved from rehabilita­tion to spectacle
• Hugo Broos starts rebuilding Bafana
• Thembi Kgatlana: The superstar called to be Safa’s redemption in elevating women’s football
• African football confederat­ion urges UK government to give footballer­s travel exemption
• Final mental barrier looms largest for Boks as they head Down Under
• How laughter lights up the Paralympic­s, though Covid masks may hide the smiles
• Harmony needed for Boks to win
• If ET is out there, SKA will hear it
• Bringing to life the texture of 1960s’ SA
• The art of not forgetting: using film for justice
• Fighting fake news: when silence isn’t neutral
• Delving into our core of darkness
• The shadow with sharp teeth
• Six degrees of bacon
• Bacon butter & bacon butter foil bread
• The antirealis­t rock-opera that will divide audiences
• Ending stigma with stories REVIEW BY Sarah Hoek
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