Ed Stoddard

Dry spring forecast for most of South Africa Despite the wet weather this week, less rainfall than usual in the spring, combined with expectations of above-normal temperatures, could quickly leave much of the platteland high and dry.

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Johannesburg Property Company retreats over parks cash grab Johannesburg Property Company’s moves coincide with the sorry state of the city’s finances — under the spotlight ahead of next year’s municipal elections — giving rise to the impression of a rent-seek...

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We ranked the provinces and tried really hard not to put New Brunswick last As a favour to our friends in the province just east of Quebec and just west of the fun island ones, we tried our best not to put New Brunswick last.

We ranked the provinces and tried really hard not to put New Brunswick last

Declining attendance leads Catholic Church to perform ‘ambush baptisms’ "it’s nice to be back among the people doing some good, whether they asked us to or not.”

Declining attendance leads Catholic Church to perform ‘ambush baptisms’

Motherfucking wind farms…

Loaded for Bear: Ramaphosa and Mantashe are smoking the minerals ‘beneficiation’ pipe dream Against the backdrop of South Africa’s wilting economy and ANC-inspired state failure, minerals beneficiation remains a pipe dream - and there is some potent dagga in that pipe.

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SA citrus eyes record export of 180m cartons, but Trump tariffs may prune that US consumers and citrus growers in the Western and Northern Cape both stand to lose from the Trump administration’s looming 30% tariff on South African imports. There are no winners in this sad saga, ...

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Mark Carney seeks to reach young Canadians by delivering speech in form of rap OTTAWA - Facing resistance to proposed austerity measures as well as criticism of his handling of US trade talks, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced plans to reach millennial Canadians in words ...

Mark Carney seeks to reach young Canadians by delivering speech in form of rap

The QAnon Shaman is abandoning Trump? That's like Nelson Mandela renouncing Black people

Stoking the fire: A quiet moment in Bulungula, Eastern Cape Outside her home in Bulungula, Eastern Cape, NoWonga Zintoyinto crouches beside an open fire, feeding sticks into the flames. As the pot begins to steam and crackle, the boiling water readies itself f...

A lovely photo essay by my highly talented friend and colleague Felix Dlangmandla ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Wildlife roams Johannesburg’s gold graveyards again Zebra, blesbok and wildebeest are returning to remined tailings sites where mine dumps once scarred the landscape.

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Local man unsure if Canada Post is on strike or if he just doesn’t get a lot of mail MONCTON - 36-year-old Moncton resident Aaron Landry expressed confusion late Monday evening after opening his empty mailbox for the sixth time in a row, uncertain if his lack of mail was due to a seri...

Local man unsure if Canada Post is on strike or if he just doesn’t get a lot of mail

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Grizzly Growing Pains Removing grizzlies from the U.S. endangered species list could leave bears vulnerable. It could also lead to broader trust in government conservation efforts.

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Give this guy a medal

My guess would be a shotgun probably 20-gauge, or maybe a .22 rifle. But the later only became popular from the late 1880s so I imagine it was a shotgun ...

He was going to go all Kristi Noem on dem dogs! I'm also curious to know what kind of firearms he owned ...

Hunting bags $2.5bn for SA economy A new study shows the local hunting industry’s important economic footprint.

The economy and conservation spoor of the hunting sector is hiding in plain site ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

David Mabuza, Former South African Deputy President, Dies at 64 David Mabuza, who shrugged off a succession of graft scandals to become South Africa’s deputy president, has died. He was 64.

A sinister, corrupt and almost certainly murderous man from Mpumalanga. The headlines out there don't quite capture that ... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ten years after Cecil the Lion, let’s mourn human victims of wildlife attacks Instead of mourning the animals killed by trophy hunters – which in many ways owe their existence, like it or not, to the hunting industry – we would suggest tears should instead be shed for Josephi, ...

!0 years after Cecil the Lion's demise, @adamhartscience.bsky.social and I ask how many people can name an African victim of big animal attack ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

always loved Little Golden Books... 😆

Loaded for Bear: Wandile Sihlobo peels off the gloves and busts SA agriculture myths in new book This book weeds out many of the myths about the platteland — myths sprung from the manure spread by self-serving politicians that can find fertile soil in the withered fields of disillusion.

My review of Wandile Sihlobo's new book which unpacks several of the enduring myths around South African agriculture: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Foreign transfers now flow mostly North to South via remittances: report A new study from the World Inequality Lab covers a lot of ground but one of the things that sticks out is that financial transfers are now moving mostly in a North-South direction – because of remitta...

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Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.

They just don't make mules like they used to I guess which is an issue to be raised with horses and donkeys ...

White shark makes record journey from SA to Indonesia This shark tale almost sank through the mesh of history into the murky deep but through sheer happenstance it improbably surfaced from the depths and into the light of scientific discovery.

Friday read - my scoop on this incredible journey ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

"The educated comic mules" look interesting ...

Loaded for Bear: African Parks has disgracefully sent more SA rhinos to repressive Rwanda Much of Africa’s wildlife lies within the borders of states with questionable governance or human rights records. But some lines can be drawn in the sand. The Kigali regime stands out for the sheer sc...

South Africa should not be sending its precious wildlife to Rwanda ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Recycling woes, Chinese jewellery platinum pivot hold hope for PGM prices Vehicles are also not being replaced as often, with fewer cars being scrapped as a result. With low platinum group metals prices squeezing the margins of recyclers, the upshot is that far less PGM sup...

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Loaded for Bear: Would left turns on red lights safely cut South Africa’s fuel usage? One of the many upshots of the Arab oil embargo in 1973 — aside from stagflation and the beginning of the end of blue-collar prosperity — was that it triggered a major traffic reform in North America:...

It's a little-known fact that the right turn on red light in North America was a response to the 1970s oil crisis. Would the left turn on red light work in South Africa? My weekly Loaded for Bear column ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

There will be many more dead wild animals if hunting is outlawed Consumptive use of wildlife brings significant benefits to wildlife and people throughout South Africa, specifically the very rural parts of the country.

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