A dark comedy about addiction, masculinity and the cost of honesty puts two UCT-trained actors in close quarters with a story South Africa has been avoiding…
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Branko Brkic: As the founder and editor-in-chief of Daily Maverick, Cape Town-based journalist Branko Brkic reshaped the South African online media landscape. Under his leadership, the publication pioneered high-impact investigative journalism, exposed systemic state capture, and established a groundbreaking reader-supported membership model (Maverick Insider) that put independent media on a sustainable digital footing.
