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  2. Daily Maverick - Wikipedia

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    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 14.5 million unique website visits per month in 2024. [ 4 ] It was founded in 2009 by Branislav Brkic, who was also its Editor-in-Chief of the ...

  3. Marianne Thamm - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Don Pinnock - Wikipedia

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    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, [1] a former editor of Getaway magazine in Cape Town, and writes for Daily Maverick.

  5. Zapiro - Wikipedia

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    1987–present. Website. zapiro.com. Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958) is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, director of Marvin's Magic.

  6. VBS Mutual Bank - Wikipedia

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    VBS Mutual Bank was a South African mutual bank. In 2018 it was declared insolvent and bankrupt and placed under curatorship, with South African citizens and taxpayers defrauded out of roughly R 2 billion. It was formed as Venda Building Society in 1982, and became a mutual bank in 1992. [2] By 2016 the bank reportedly had around 30,000 ...

  7. Ferial Haffajee - Wikipedia

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    University of the Witwatersrand. Ferial Haffajee (born 20 February 1967) [1][2] is a South African journalist and newspaper editor. Haffajee was editor of City Press newspaper from July 2009 until July 2016 and was previously the editor of the Mail & Guardian newspaper. Haffajee was awarded the 2014 International Press Freedom Award by the ...

  8. Transnet ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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    Transnet ransomware attack. On 22 July 2021, Transnet became a victim of a ransomware attack. [1][2][3] The attack caused Transnet to declare force majeure at several key container terminals, including Port of Durban, Ngqura, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. [4][5][6] The attack was the first time that the "operational integrity of the country's ...

  9. Magda Wierzycka - Wikipedia

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    Magdalena Franciszka Wierzycka[1] (born 1969 in Gliwice, Poland [2]) is a Polish - South African billionaire businesswoman. [3] She is the co-founder and CEO of Sygnia Ltd, a financial services company. [4][5] She is the richest woman in South Africa, [6] and is also known for her anti-corruption activism. [7][8] In 2020, the magazine Forbes ...