The Daily Maverick Show

Apartheid Corruption, Big Pharma & Restorative Justice

The team talks to Noseweek's Martin Weltz about Absa and apartheid corruption. Then they delve into how patent law reform could save lives. Finally, they discuss restorative justice versus the criminalisation of hate crimes and hate speech.

24 Jan 2017 52 min

2017: Stories To Watch

The Daily Maverick team discusses some of the key stories it will be watching in 2017, from Trump to the ANC succession race and politics in The Gambia, Angola and Kenya.

17 Jan 2017 55 min

Antoinette Muller on Transformation in Cricket

Simon Allison speaks to Daily Maverick sports journalist Antoinette Muller about her longform article Beyond the Boundary, on South Africa's long history of racial exclusion in cricket and attempts to transform the sport.

13 Dec 2016 29 min

Winefarm exploitation, Standing Rock & Gambia decides

The team digs into a strike on Robertson winery where farmworkers complain of apartheid-era conditions, why 20,000 Americans are protesting against a pipeline, and how Gambia chose democracy.

6 Dec 2016 45 min

Around the News in 60 Minutes

The team talks about the looming disaster with social grants, the backlash around a national minimum wage, and why everyone is leaving the ICC.

22 Nov 2016 47 min

Black, African, Female & Queer

What's it like being black, African, female and queer? Kingsley sits down with Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Maneo Refileo Mohale to explore the unique pressures around visibility, representation, activism, and sexual health.

15 Nov 2016 53 min

US votes, State Capture & The Gambia

On US election day, the team talk to Ranjeni Munusamy in Pittsburgh, before breaking down the State Capture report and looking into repression ahead of the Gambian elections.

8 Nov 2016 51 min

Roundtable: We're missing the Big Picture

Kingsley and Greg are joined by Richard Poplak and Koketso Moeti talking through all the biggest stories of the past week.

1 Nov 2016 53 min

How to De-Radicalise an ISIS Recruit

Kingsley sits down with Jasmine Opperman, former spy turned security analyst. She once got a phone call from a distressed parent to help talk a teenager out of a decision to go to Syria and join ISIS. She explains how she did it and how she's gone on to do…

18 Oct 2016 57 min

Interview: Leigh-Ann Naidoo

Kingsley Kipury sits down with South African activist and former Olympian Leigh-Ann Naidoo. She describes her journey to activism, how she ended up on a boat to Gaza that got intercepted by Israeli forces and how South Africa might get itself out of the #FeesMustFall deadlock.

11 Oct 2016 56 min

Prisoners remanded & forgotten and #ColombiaDecides

Kingsley and Greg explore issues in the South African prison system that result in over 40,000 people in prisons awaiting trial for up 3 years. They then talk about the historic Colombia referendum that could have ended over 50 years of civil war and how this links to South Africa's…

4 Oct 2016 50 min

Maritime security, Ethiopia's protests & #HillaryvsTrump

The team explores why many African countries are now disputing their maritime borders, what has led to the 500 reported deaths in Ethiopia, and who won the first US Presidential debate.

27 Sep 2016 50 min

Kevin Bloom Talks Deaths at Sea

Journalist Kevin Bloom joins the team to talk about his investigative story into how one of the world's biggest tourism companies is culpable for the deaths of South African sailors. Then, Kingsley and Greg talk about; why the Gauteng Department of Health needs to explain the deaths of 36 of…

20 Sep 2016 49 min

Gabon, Zimbabwe & Africa's Donkeys

Daily Maverick Africa correspondent Simon Allison joins the team to talk about his recent travels, elections in Gabon, instability in Zimbabwe, and where Africa's donkeys are going.

13 Sep 2016 47 min

Racism at Pretoria Girls & 5 years of South Sudan

Amidst protests at Pretoria High School for Girls, the team interrogates the struggles of black students in historically white schools. Then they look back at South Sudan's first five tumultuous years and what's needed to restore lasting peace.

30 Aug 2016 47 min

Local Elections: What Happened?

As new councils take office, the team is joined by Ranjeni Munusamy to analyse the local government elections wrap.

23 Aug 2016 53 min

The Marikana Massacre: Four Years On

The team looks at Lonmin's failure to provide basic housing and the negotiations on state compensation. They then sit down with author Luke Sinwell and discuss his book, The Spirit of the Marikana Massacre.

16 Aug 2016 54 min

Local Government Elections: The Final Word

On the eve of voting day, the team talks to representatives from different parties to find out why undecided voters should vote for them.

2 Aug 2016 45 min

Elections in Focus

With only a week until the local government elections, the Daily Maverick team discusses the latest in politics before the highly-contested polls.

26 Jul 2016 50 min

Zimbabwe: The Beginning or End?

The team speaks to protest leader Stern Zvorwadza about making ends meet in Zimbabwe, and the last days of Zanu-PF. Dr Blessing-Miles Tendai and Prof. Brian Raftopoulos join to talk about the economy, and disagree... saying Mugabe isn't going anywhere yet.

19 Jul 2016 50 min