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Inside the B20 Breakthrough: Redi Tlhabi Talks to Cas Coovadia
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Redi Tlhabi sits down with B20 Sherpa Cas Coovadia to unpack the summit’s strong outcome, the real barriers to mobilising capital for a just transit...
Why did the DA decide to fire its Environment Minister Dion George?
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When John Steenhuisen abruptly removed Environment Minister Dion George and replaced him with DA spokesperson Willie Aucamp in mid-November, it left m...
A New Deal for African Debt? Trevor Manuel Makes the Case
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As G20 leaders gather in Johannesburg, former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel joins Ferial Haffajee on Power Chat, tounpack a bold new set of proposals...
From New York to Johannesburg: Redi Tlhabi and Mark Heywood on Power, Inequality, and the Urgency of Change
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful episode of The Readiness Report, award-winning journalist Redi Tlhabi sits down with human rights activistMark Heywood for an unflinc...
The Diplomatic Snub: Unpacking Trump’s G20 Boycott
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As South Africa prepares to host the G20 and its presidency to the United States, President Donald Trump announced its decision to boycott the summit....
Johannesburg Deserves Better: Redi Tlhabi on Lost Potential, Vision, and the City’s Future
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi reflects on Johannesburg, a city rich in promise, the economic heart of Southern Africa, yet held...
When Betting Is All You Have Left: Inside South Africa’s R1.5 Trillion Gambling Industry
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
South Africa’s gambling industry just hit R1.5 trillion and it’s not just for fun anymore. Behind the flashing lights are stories of poverty, desp...
Judge Navi Pillay on Gaza, power and the future of international justice
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report with Redi Tlhabi, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay reflects on a lifetime spent pursui...
Whose Peace? Redi Tlhabi on Palestine’s Exclusion
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi calls out world leaders for pushing a Gaza “peace plan” without Palestinians at the table. Ho...
Branko Brkic on why journalism is a light we cannot lose
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of World News Day 2025, Daily Maverick co-founder and Project Kontinuum’s Leader Branko Brkic speaks to Rebecca Davis about the crisis facing ...
Silencing Dissent: Redi Tlhabi with Karen Attiah on Voices Under Fire
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just a few days before World News Day - on 28 September - Redi Tlhabi is joined by Karen Attiah to confront the shrinking space for free expression. W...
Redi Tlhabi Talks Accountability: The Mkhwanazi Inquiry Under the Microscope
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi speaks to Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis about the commission of inquiry into the recent claims...
From Coastal Drops to City Streets: Inside SA’s Deadliest Drug Networks
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“We cartel. We don’t forgive you.” A voice note like that may be linked to the fate of Peter Jaggers and William Petersen, reported as kidnapped...
Redi Tlhabi: Why and How Global Alliances Are Shifting
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As war and political fractures reshape global alliances, Redi Tlhabi reports on shifting diplomatic winds: sharper criticism of Israel, unease over U....
Militarised Democracy: Washington, the ANC, and the Politics of Power
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi unpacks two parallel crises of leadership and legitimacy. In South Africa, ANC leaders now admit ...
Redi Tlhabi on why the Army Chief’s Iran visit is a diplomatic disaster in the making
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, The Readiness Report’s host, Redi Tlhabi, takes apart the Army Chief’s eyebrow-raising trip to Iran, in the very week South Afric...
Redi Tlhabi on Trump, institutions, and the future of US–Africa policy
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi speaks with Judd Devermont, academic, former Special Assistant to President Biden, and author of ...
Power Chat – Inside the Investigation: Pieter-Louis Myburgh on Reporting the IDT CEO Bribery Scandal
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis speaks with investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh about his recent exposé on ...
EXCLUSIVE | Alleged attempt to bribe Daily Maverick journalist caught on camera
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In what could be the most brazen act of attempted bribery ever recorded on camera in South Africa, the IDT’s suspended CEO and the entity’s spokes...
Redi Tlhabi Breaks Down Trump’s Tariff Chaos with Phillip van Niekerk
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi sits down with veteran journalist Phillip van Niekerk to unpack the geopolitical chaos unleashed ...
OPINION | Ozzy Forever? Black Sabbath enfant terrible turned Birmingham divinity
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm reflects on the passing (and longevity!) of our rock gods and how the spirit of rebellion continues to evolve in a w...
OPINION | Inner Voices: What If You Don’t Have One?
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some people don’t have an ‘inner voice’, but maybe those who do shouldn’t be smug, says Daily Maverick Associate Editor, Marianne Thamm. Repo...
Sanctions? Not So Fast — Redi Tlhabi on What the U.S. Bill Really Means for South Africa
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi cuts through the panic and misinformation surrounding the US–SA Bilateral Relations Review...
Peace or Plunder? Redi Tlhabi & Michela Wrong on Rwanda–DRC Tensions
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Redi Tlhabi speaks with journalist and author Michela Wrong about the murky peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. What’s r...
Dirty linen, global stakes: Redi Tlhabi on the media’s failure in US–SA coverage
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi turns the microphone on her own industry — calling out how South African broadcasting has mis...
Redi Tlhabi meets Winnie Byanyima: Ending AIDS, Fighting Inequality, Reclaiming Power
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UNAIDS head Winnie Byanyima joins Redi Tlhabi to unpack HIV funding, health justice, and democracy under threat. From South Africa to the UN, she reve...
OPINION | The strange campaign around Senzo Mchunu
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Senior journalist Rebecca Davis highlights a disturbing trend on South African social media: fake accounts, copy-paste tweets, and manufactured praise...
OPINION | Floyd Shivambu - Between Revolutions and Rejections
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once a firebrand of the EFF, now a brief resident of Zuma’s MK party, Floyd Shivambu is re-emerging—this time with plans to launch his own politic...
REDI TLHABI | Iran standoff, NYC chooses Dem new candidate – and the media’s role
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, journalist and editor Tony Karon joins Redi Tlhabi on The Readiness Report to unpack the pressures facing newsrooms in the West, from...
REDI TLHABI | Carole Cadwalladr on How Tech Giants Hijacked Truth and Power
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr joins Redi Tlhabi to expose how powerful tech platforms manipulate our data, fuel disinformation, and endan...
REDI TLHABI | A look at Israel's attack on Iran and Trump's authoritarian turn
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi and Philip Vank delve into the escalating tensions in the Middle East, following a significant Is...
REDI TLHABI & MEHDI HASAN | Trump Administration is a sh*t show
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this hard-hitting episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi sits down with influential broadcaster, journalist and and Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan...
REDI TLHABI asks: Elon Musk, Starlink, and South Africa, what is the real deal?
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Readiness Report, Redi takes a hard look at Elon Musk’s comments about South Africa — and the controversy surrounding the g...
REDI TLHABI Breaks Down the Trump–Ramaphosa Meeting in the White House
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi discusses the tense political atmosphere in Washington and the recent visit of South African Pres...
REDI TLHABI on Ramaphosa, Trump & the Power Games Shaping SA–US Relations
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of The Readiness Report, recorded ahead of the high-stakes meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump, Redi Tl...
POWER CHAT | Ferial Haffajee in conversation with DIRCO Director-General Zane Dangor
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee talks with DIRCO’s Director-General Zane Dangor about South Africa’s role on the...
INVESTIGATION | Ithala - Billions in the Balance
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Prudential Authority of the SA Reserve Bank is seeking to liquidate KZN-based Ithala SOC due to serious concerns about the state-owned lender’s ...
POWER CHAT | Ferial Haffajee speaks to Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen about the Budget — and the GNU — after talks collapsed
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As negotiations between the ANC and DA over the national budget dragged into the early hours of April 1, 2025, no agreement was reached—deepening th...
POWER CHAT | Ferial Haffajee and Breitbart's Joel Pollak on democracy, foreign policy, and power
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee sits down with South African-born American conservative political comme...
EXPLAINER | Solidarity Movement’s Great Trek to Washington
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Afrikaner activists have been in Washington, telling people about the plight of Afrikaans farmers and urging the US to lay sanctions against ANC polit...
POWER CHAT | Helen Zille on how to fix Johannesburg & the future of the Government of National Unity
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Power Chat, Daily Maverick Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee speaks with the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Al...
FACT-CHECK | Do white people own 22% of the land in South Africa?
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since at least 2018, a claim doing the rounds on social media alleges that white people own only around 22% of South Africa’s land. This claim has b...
EXPLAINER | Donald Trump's inner circle: All the President's South African men
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From business moguls like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, to political insiders like Joel Pollak, several South African men have found their way into Donal...
INVESTIGATION | Queeny Madikizela-Malema: 'Gangster Informant'
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Queeny Madikizela-Malema, an alleged ‘informant’ with a murky past, has been murdered. Her story is tangled in claims of rogue state activity, a r...
POWER CHAT | Geordin Hill-Lewis on leadership, global tensions & Cape Town’s future
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Power Chat, author and Daily Maverick Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee sits down with Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to unpack ...
INVESTIGATION | Is the ‘cryptoqueen’, Ruja Ignatova, hiding in South Africa?
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daily Maverick's Caryn Dolley previously uncovered possible links between fugitive ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova and South Africa, particularly Cape...
INVESTIGATION | The Luxury Life of Thembi Simelane
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Polokwane's mayor, Justice Minister Thembi Simelane's lavish lifestyle raised serious questions. With designer shopping sprees and cash property purch...
INVESTIGATION | How 750m in Cape Town’s city centre points to South Africa’s expansive extortion problem
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Extortion is a massive problem in South Africa. It affects many industries, areas and individuals – and crimes in this arena can prove fatal, people...
INVESTIGATION | South Africa's Expanding Role in the Global Drug Trade
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A sensational R2-billion drug bust in Limpopo has resulted in five suspects, some of them Mexican citizens, being arrested. Three months ago, cocaine ...
INVESTIGATION | Mark Lifman – Voice Notes, Letter of Demand, and the Organized Crime Saga
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In murky organised crime arenas, the irrefutable facts take the form of a murder toll. A dead body equates to cold, hard fact. The stories spun around...
INVESTIGATION | Man Alone - Mandela's Top Cop
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the scandal that has lacerated the South African Police Service and implicated some of the country’s top cops and politicians. A story of M...