COLUMNIST Modibe Modiba has been ordered to pay Daily Maverick R100 000 damages after he falsely accused the media outlet of 'paying him, and other students, a weekly stipend to write articles'. Of course this wasn't true, since Maverick editor, Branko Brkic, lead evidence that he hadn't paid the...

THIS WEEK saw ABSA bank withdraw its support for Sekunjalo and Iqbal Survé, citing reputational damage without providing any details. Apparently the bank doesn't have to supply evidence in court and may boot its clients willy-nilly — on the mere off chance that they represent a risk to shareholde...

WHEN Medupi and Kusile were announced by our government in 2004 and 2007 respectively, the two coal-fired mega-projects were both seen as emblematic of South Africa's democratic progress —  key to the ruling alliance and its plans for the future. The ruling labour-left coalition was at the height...

THE dramatic events this week which saw the removal of finance minister Nene and his replacement by former reserve bank governor Tito Mboweni arrived not a moment too soon. With the ruling ANC on the ropes after state capture revelations at the Zondo Commission. Nene's departure signals the demis...

TWO rationalist pieces, thoughtfully debunking the legs of Helen Zille’s argument in favour of ‘colonialism not being all that bad’, need to be seen alongside an incredible piece of sensationalist and irrationalist nonsense, authored by self-proclaimed saviour of the ‘black race’ one Andile Mngxi...