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

The recommended drawdown rate for a 65-year-old is 5%. The thinking here is that the typical costs of a living annuity come to about 2.5%, so as long as your investments are growing by more than 7.5%, ...

Air pollution cost South Africa more than R960bn and 42,000 lives in 2023, a new report finds, but the government keeps extending emissions exemptions.

The advent of the internet has put predators into children’s pockets, and many use a classic child sexual abuse playbook. With ease of access to children online, anonymity, the speed and intensity at ...

The plan is up against dysfunction within social development departments and fraught relations with NGOs that deliver most services.

Over and above winning both their final friendly matches before the start of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, Banyana Banyana also welcomed back some stalwarts, as well as testing some ...

Trump’s decision to impose steep tariffs on China, now at 30% after peaking at 145% in April, as well as blockbuster seizures of unauthorised vapes, have constrained the supply of Chinese-owned vape ...

When Teresa Mordoh’s son, Julio, died by suicide after allegedly being sexually assaulted by a teacher at St John’s College, her world was shattered. But in the depths of grief, Mordoh found a new ...

The Springbok pecking order may well be shaped by performances in the United Rugby Championship and English Premiership playoffs over the next two weeks.

In an emotional day for the families of the Cradock Four, they visited the sites in Bluewater Bay and near Coega, along with their legal team and Judge Thami Beshe, where a desperate search for the ...

As cryptocurrency adoption accelerates across Africa, the excitement around the technology and its transformative potential is palpable. But alongside this rapid growth comes a critical challenge: ...

South Africa’s children are in crisis. During Child Protection Week, Daily Maverick has explored how children face various forms of violence. Readers shared their own experiences.