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Editorial leanCentre-left
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Investigative and anti-corruption focus; critical of the governing party.
Who owns it
Owner
Independently held by its founders and staff
Ownership type
Private
Funding
Reader membership (Maverick Insider), advertising, grants
Who runs it
Chief executive
Styli Charalambous (CEO & co-founder)
Editorial lead
Branko Brkic (Editor-in-Chief & co-founder)
Track record
Factuality
High
Reach
Among South Africa's most-read independent news sites
Worth knowing
Its Scorpio unit broke major state-capture investigations.
Ownership, leadership and funding are drawn from public filings and the outlet's own disclosures. The editorial lean is an editorial judgement, not a measurement — read it as a starting point, not a verdict.