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Daily Maverick - Latest News API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Daily Maverick - Latest News publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 2,641 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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Four ways to pull dailymaverick.co.za

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from dailymaverick.co.za, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Daily Maverick - Latest News headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&size=5"
2,641
articles indexed
919
in the last 30 days
34
median per day
1
languages
0 min
median crawl lag
25.07 → 23.10
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 89 days. The busiest hour is 21:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-07-25: 4 articles2026-07-26: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-27: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-28: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-29: 39 articles2026-07-30: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-07-31: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-01: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-02: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-03: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-04: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-05: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-06: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-07: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-08: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-11: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-12: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-13: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-14: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-15: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-16: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-17: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-18: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-19: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-20: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-21: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-22: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-23: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-24: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-25: 41 articles2026-08-26: 35 articles2026-08-27: 42 articles2026-08-28: 33 articles2026-08-29: 3 articles2026-08-30: 24 articles2026-08-31: 32 articles2026-09-01: 39 articles2026-09-02: 31 articles2026-09-03: 44 articles2026-09-04: 29 articles2026-09-05: 3 articles2026-09-06: 26 articles2026-09-07: 35 articles2026-09-08: 33 articles2026-09-09: 36 articles2026-09-10: 38 articles2026-09-11: 30 articles2026-09-12: 1 articles2026-09-13: 24 articles2026-09-14: 34 articles2026-09-15: 43 articles2026-09-16: 39 articles2026-09-17: 30 articles2026-09-18: 25 articles2026-09-20: 29 articles2026-09-21: 33 articles2026-09-22: 34 articles2026-09-23: 32 articles2026-09-24: 23 articles2026-09-25: 25 articles2026-09-26: 1 articles2026-09-27: 26 articles2026-09-28: 40 articles2026-09-29: 39 articles2026-09-30: 40 articles2026-10-01: 40 articles2026-10-02: 27 articles2026-10-03: 3 articles2026-10-04: 22 articles2026-10-05: 39 articles2026-10-06: 44 articles2026-10-07: 45 articles2026-10-08: 36 articles2026-10-09: 37 articles2026-10-11: 35 articles2026-10-12: 37 articles2026-10-13: 35 articles2026-10-14: 35 articles2026-10-15: 40 articles2026-10-16: 32 articles2026-10-17: 1 articles2026-10-18: 31 articles2026-10-19: 33 articles2026-10-20: 35 articles2026-10-21: 41 articles2026-10-22: 42 articles2026-10-23: 3 articles07-2509-0509-2010-0410-1910-23

The 29 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at Daily Maverick - Latest News: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Daily Maverick - Latest News actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 2,641 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 1090001: 200102: 50203: 20304: 1810405: 550506: 280607: 730708: 350809: 700910: 1731011: 1641112: 1931213: 1661314: 651415: 821516: 611617: 461718: 541819: 1261920: 1962021: 3112122: 2532223: 17323
Mon: 439MonTue: 498TueWed: 492WedThu: 482ThuFri: 366FriSat: 37SatSun: 327Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 97% of their articles.

SectionArticles
world306
World190
maverick news157
opinionistas134
Maverick News127
Sponsored Content117
Business Maverick96
Opinionistas96
business maverick93
Sport72
politics64
sport,maverick news61
Maverick Citizen57
maverick citizen51

Languages

The site identifies itself under Daily Maverick - Latest News, Daily Maverick — separate editions publishing under one domain.

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish2,641100.0%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Daily Maverick - Latest News articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose ‘sequentially’ like a doctor
2026-10-23 05:11 UTC · World · Reuters
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solv
Nepal to get $20 million from climate fund after deadly August flood
2026-10-23 05:08 UTC · World · Reuters
KATHMANDU, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations' climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border wit
Daily Crossword Quickie - Fri, 23 Oct 2026
2026-10-23 00:00 UTC · Daily Maverick
Author: biffspuzzles.co.zaDate: 2026-10-23Difficulty: EasyType: Quick 00:00:00 Play ‹ No question selected › QWERTYUIOP ASDFGHJKL ZXCVBNM ← Across Down Ready to Start? Te
The mini budget keeps SA diplomacy afloat, but structural rot still festers
2026-10-22 23:22 UTC · opinionistas · Ofentse Donald Davhie
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement offers Dirco a temporary lifeline, but underlying governance failures, unstaffed embassies and decaying overseas properties show S
Xenophobia’s high price — why ConCourt’s defence of refugees matters for us all
2026-10-22 22:51 UTC · opinionistas · Professor Balthazar
The Constitutional Court’s refugee judgment protects constitutional rights. Misreading it fuels xenophobia, threatens democracy and imperils the rule of law.
REPEAT CONVICT: SA double murderer ‘with racist alter ego’ may lose US citizenship over lies
2026-10-22 21:45 UTC · maverick news · Caryn Dolley
Brian Smith, originally from South Africa, has been found guilty in the US of lying to become a citizen there. In the application process, he said he had never been invol
Business Interview: Godongwana says coveted investment-grade status is now ‘within reach’
2026-10-22 21:36 UTC · business maverick · Ed Stoddard
Markets certainly welcomed this version of the MTBPS. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond fell 20 basis points to 8.72% — a big thumbs-up. By revealing con
TEST BRILLIANCE: Titanic Temba Bavuma inspires a Proteas win for the ages against Australia
2026-10-22 21:36 UTC · sport,maverick news · Craig Ray
The Proteas levelled the three-match Test series against Australia with an innings and 31-run victory at St George’s Park in Gqeberha late on the fifth and final day, bow
SUPPLY CRISIS: Foul water scares hit Joburg suburbs — councillors blame ‘cowboy’ contractors
2026-10-22 21:35 UTC · johannesburg · Anna Cox
Joburg’s eastern suburbs have faced repeated water cuts this year as contractors fixing sewerage infrastructure allegedly damage drinking-water pipes, risking contaminati
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: A red beret in the Deep South — meet the EFF’s unlikely ward candidate
2026-10-22 21:23 UTC · politics · Biénne Huisman
Gabrielle Maritz is reluctant to reduce people to demographics, but the Cape Town Ward 61 candidate might not be what many people expect from the EFF. She hopes to build
INSPIRATIONAL STORY: From a Gqeberha bus stop to Spike Lee’s desk, a friendship becomes acclaimed film
2026-10-22 21:20 UTC · business maverick,culture,nelson mandela bay · Riaan Marais
Two boys bonded over football at a bus stop in Bluewater Bay in the 1990s, building a friendship across apartheid’s racial divide. Three decades later, their friendship h
Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline
2026-10-22 21:18 UTC · maverick news,multimedia · Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Weighing up rental income against long-term investment growth
2026-10-22 20:22 UTC · business maverick,dm168 · Kenny Meiring
It could be worth holding on to a property that generates an attractive amount of money each month, but its future value is not guaranteed.
AFTER THE BELL: Mini budget applause is meaningless to young jobseekers hustling on street corners
2026-10-22 20:14 UTC · business maverick · Stephen Grootes
South Africa’s debt signals may reassure bond markets, but this means little to unemployed young people hustling daily for work – any work.
GROUNDUP: High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities
2026-10-22 19:35 UTC · maverick citizen,maverick news · Tania Broughton for GroundUp
The high court has ruled that irregularities made parts of the Department of Health’s multibillion-rand ARV tender unlawful, ordering the department to reconsider the awa
GROUNDUP: Mob beats immigrant man to death in central Durban
2026-10-22 19:30 UTC · maverick news · Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Fifty people marching up Dr Pixley kaSeme Street fatally assaulted an immigrant man on Thursday morning.
A 100-day plan to keep Joburg’s lights on
2026-10-22 19:29 UTC · opinionistas · Ann Bernstein
City Power’s collapse threatens Johannesburg’s future. The Centre for Development and Enterprise outlines a 100-day turnaround plan for incoming leadership to restore gov
SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted
2026-10-22 19:24 UTC · opinionistas,maverick citizen · Kelle Howson
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement cuts R13-billion from social grants, including child support and SRD grants. These reductions will worsen poverty, malnutrition an

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.dailymaverick.co.za&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well Daily Maverick - Latest News marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

41%
dates from JSON-LD
100%
articles with a byline
97%
articles with sections
311 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 0 min at the median, 3 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Daily Maverick - Latest News have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 2,641 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Daily Maverick - Latest News publish per day?

34 on a median day, measured across 89 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.