Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.

Three stolen bikes, two days and one swift arrest – all thanks to a dedicated neighbourhood watch patroller, a few well-placed security cameras and some probing questions.

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero must decide Kenny Kunene’s fate after the transport MMC was suspended by his party for being linked to an alleged criminal mastermind. Though the Patriotic Alliance ...

The ANC-led coalition government in Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday rammed through the approval of a ‘top up’ from city coffers to fund flood disaster projects that were intended to be financed by a ...

The lid seems to have been blown open on an intricate web of criminality in both the SAPS and among those with links to law enforcement.

The second session of the 2025 Marketing Masterclass series, hosted by Daily Maverick in partnership with eatbigfish Africa, the Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA), and the Marketing ...

Unfortunately, automating the market table that goes into the Business Maverick morning newsletter was not the best idea, because technology is not immune to error when history is made. We apologise ...

East African countries should invest in DNA databases and electronic wood tracking to help preserve South Sudan’s ‘king of woods’.

When you’re in a ring-the-changes frame of mind, you reach for Aunty Google and see what you can find. I found a little picadillo.

A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in the country's far east on Thursday and everyone on board was feared to have been killed, emergency services officials said.

We must shake off those terrible confirmation biases and prejudices, and the notion that Africa is the home of coups d’etat, or that Africans are not ready for democracy.

A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes on Thursday that have killed at least 12 people, including 11 ...