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"contents": "<h2>The Weekend Wrap</h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Charlie Kirk isn’t relevant in SA, KZN police boss in the hot seat at Madlanga Commission, and has Joburg skipped spring? All in the Weekend Wrap.</p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-14-charlie-kirk-may-have-fans-in-sa-but-his-views-are-inconsequential-here/\">Charlie Kirk may have fans in SA — but his views are inconsequential here</a></h2><p>Attempts to import US culture wars to South Africa are doomed to fail, because we are a very different country.</p><p>By Rebecca Davis</p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-17-live-madlanga-commission-mkhwanazi/\">Catch up: Madlanga Commission Day 1-3</a></h2><p>Updates on the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into high-level accusations that KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made in July 2025.</p><p>By Daily Maverick</p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-14-lindiwe-mazibukos-rise-and-tragic-fall-amid-da-turmoil-and-misaligned-expectations/\">Lindiwe Mazibuko’s rise and tragic fall amid DA turmoil and misaligned expectations</a></h2><p>Former DA chair James Selfe’s unfinished drafts, left before his death in May 2024, have been curated by Wilmot James and Marian Shinn with the support of his widow Sheila and the Selfe family. This is the second of four extracts.</p><p>By James Selfe</p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-16-has-joburg-skipped-spring-scientists-explain/\">Has Joburg skipped spring? Scientists explain why it feels like winter turned straight into summer</a></h2><p>Joburgers feel like we’ve skipped spring and gone straight into summer, with meteorologists confirming that August and early September were up to 3°C hotter than usual. Experts explain why the science is more complicated, and what a warming world means for our seasons.</p><p>By Julia Evans</p><h2>The Weekend Wrap</h2><p>Charlie Kirk isn’t relevant in SA, KZN police boss in the hot seat at Madlanga Commission, and has Joburg skipped spring? All in the Weekend Wrap.</p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-14-charlie-kirk-may-have-fans-in-sa-but-his-views-are-inconsequential-here/\">Charlie Kirk may have fans in SA — but his views are inconsequential here</a></h2><p>Attempts to import US culture wars to South Africa are doomed to fail, because we are a very different country.</p><p>By Rebecca Davis</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk-720x360.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=720%2C360&quality=89&ssl=1 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=480%2C240&quality=89&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=768%2C384&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=1536%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=1280%2C640&quality=89&ssl=1 1280w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=1600%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=1440%2C720&quality=89&ssl=1 1440w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=50%2C25&quality=89&ssl=1 50w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?resize=600%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/becs-kirk.jpg?w=1992&quality=89&ssl=1 1992w\" alt=\"Kirk\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" /></p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-17-live-madlanga-commission-mkhwanazi/\">Catch up: Madlanga Commission Day 1-3</a></h2><p>Updates on the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into high-level accusations that KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made in July 2025.</p><p>By Daily Maverick</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ED_573994-1-720x418.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ED_573994-1-scaled.jpg?resize=720%2C418&quality=89&ssl=1 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ED_573994-1-scaled.jpg?resize=480%2C278&quality=89&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ED_573994-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C446&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, 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This is the second of four extracts.</p><p>By James Selfe</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754-720x360.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?resize=720%2C360&quality=89&ssl=1 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?resize=480%2C240&quality=89&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?resize=768%2C384&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?resize=1280%2C640&quality=89&ssl=1 1280w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?resize=50%2C25&quality=89&ssl=1 50w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?resize=600%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/iStock-1011128754.jpg?w=1440&quality=89&ssl=1 1440w\" alt=\"Joburg spring summer\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" /></p><h2><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-16-has-joburg-skipped-spring-scientists-explain/\">Has Joburg skipped spring? Scientists explain</a></h2><p>Joburgers feel like we’ve skipped spring and gone straight into summer, with meteorologists confirming that August and early September were up to 3°C hotter than usual. Experts explain why the science is more complicated, and what a warming world means for our seasons.</p><p>By Julia Evans</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ANC-2025-Jan8th-Grootes2-copy-720x369.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ANC-2025-Jan8th-Grootes2-copy-scaled.jpg?resize=720%2C369&quality=89&ssl=1 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ANC-2025-Jan8th-Grootes2-copy-scaled.jpg?resize=480%2C246&quality=89&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ANC-2025-Jan8th-Grootes2-copy-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C394&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ANC-2025-Jan8th-Grootes2-copy-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C788&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, 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