Daily Maverick media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Daily Maverick in the centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Daily Maverick biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Daily Maverick in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Daily Maverick left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Daily Maverick in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Daily Maverick reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Daily Maverick are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Daily Maverick has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Daily Maverick’s own report linked underneath.
At least 32 people were killed and 100 injured in Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine. The heaviest losses were in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, where a five-storey residential building was destroyed.
Daily Maverick reported it asAt least 28 killed in Ukraine, Zelensky condemns one of Russia’s most ‘vile strikes’ (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
A Russian missile strike hit a residential building in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, on October 7. Reports of casualties vary, with figures ranging from two to five dead and seven to 26 injured. The attack also damaged other buildings and infrastructure.
Daily Maverick reported it asAt least 28 killed in Ukraine, Zelensky condemns one of Russia’s most ‘vile strikes’ (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Russia is preparing for a massive attack on Ukraine, based on updated intelligence. He announced that Ukraine is developing countermeasures and additional logistical solutions in response to Russian preparations and attacks.
Daily Maverick reported it asAt least 28 killed in Ukraine, Zelensky condemns one of Russia’s most ‘vile strikes’ (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
South Africa summoned US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III for the third time in nine months, citing 'undiplomatic conduct' in media interviews. The summons follows escalating tensions over demands made by the US administration regarding land, crime, and racial policies.
Daily Maverick reported it asUS ambassador Bozell demarched by SA government (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Iran's embassy in London has denied any involvement in a suspected plot targeting a U.S.-operated air base in England. Five British citizens were arrested near the base on suspicion of preparing a terror attack, and UK authorities are investigating potential links.
Daily Maverick reported it asUK counter-terror police question five men held at airbase used by US to attack Iran (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on certain South African nationals, citing race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures. South Africa has rejected the US allegations, stating the measures are based on mischaracterised policies and fringe group information.
Daily Maverick reported it asRubio announces US visa curbs for some foreign nationals from South Africa (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
A Pentagon Inspector General report estimates Iranian attacks caused $184 million in damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The report also details U.S. war costs and casualties.
Daily Maverick reported it asIran war cost hits $38bn, forecast to rise $3bn a month, CBO says (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Explosions were reported near Iran's Kharg Island and the port city of Jask. A US official confirmed strikes on Iranian oil tankers, while Iran's military warned of retaliation if its vessels are attacked. Oil prices rose following the news.
Daily Maverick reported it asWar expands as Houthis attack Saudi cities and US strikes Iranian tankers (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated that oil prices will decrease significantly once the war with Iran concludes, which he anticipates will happen soon. He also claimed a record amount of oil was moved through the Strait of Hormuz.
Daily Maverick reported it asWar expands as Houthis attack Saudi cities and US strikes Iranian tankers (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Argentine President Javier Milei announced sanctions against companies involved in oil projects near the Falkland Islands and the construction of a new naval base in Tierra del Fuego. The moves come amid renewed tensions over the islands' sovereignty, fueled by remarks from former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Daily Maverick reported it asArgentina’s Milei vows Falklands oil sanctions in sovereignty push (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Several kites were found in Israeli territory near the Gaza Strip over the weekend. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed no suspicious items or explosives were found on them. Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the army to act forcefully against such launches.
Daily Maverick reported it asGaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckcenterCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Inkululeko South Africa Media NPCIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Official site
- dailymaverick.co.za
- Seen publishing on
- dailymaverick.co.za
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 4
- First seen
- 26 August 2026
7 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 4 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Daily Maverick is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Daily Maverick: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 October 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 October 2026. Ratings pulled 25 September 2026.
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