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Daily Maverick. Daily Maverick is a South African online news publication and weekly print newspaper, with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg. [1] [2] [3] It claims to have a readership of approximately 10 million readers per month. [4] It was founded in 2009 by Branislav Brkic, who is also the Editor-in-Chief of the publication, and Styli ...
History of South Africa. Shaka Zulu in traditional Zulu military garb. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Cape Colony was annexed [citation needed] by the British and officially became their colony in 1815. Britain encouraged [citation needed] settlers to the Cape, and in particular, sponsored the 1820 Settlers to farm in the disputed area between ...
Orania ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʊəˈrɑːnia]) is a white separatist [3] [4] South African town founded by Afrikaners. [5] It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. [6] The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is 871 kilometres (541 mi) from Cape Town and approximately 680 ...
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [1] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine ...
The Western Cape 2012 Farm Workers' strike was a wave of strikes and protests by agricultural workers in the Western Cape from 27 August 2012 to 22 January 2013. The events led to the deaths of 3 workers, R160 million in damages as well as a 52% increase in the official minimum wage. The protests mostly took place the towns of De Doorns and ...
During 1907—1908 a national convention decided upon unification, and in 1910 the Union of South Africa was established and Cape Colony became "Cape Province" therein. References. The Migrant Farmer in the History of the Cape Colony.P.J. Van Der Merwe, Roger B. Beck. Ohio University Press. 1 January 1995. 333 pages. ISBN 0-8214-1090-3.
Donald Pinnock is a South African writer, investigative journalist, and photographer. He was born in 1947, in Queenstown, South Africa, and educated at Queens College.He is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town, a former editor of Getaway magazine in Cape Town, and writes for Daily Maverick.
Journalist, broadcaster, author, stand-up comedian. Employer. Daily Maverick. Marianne Thamm (born 12 March 1961) is a South African journalist, author and stand-up comedian. She is the assistant editor of the Daily Maverick and has written several books. In 2016, she released the memoir, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me.