Daily Maverick’s flagship event, The Gathering: Changemakers | Impact Edition, took place on Thursday, 28 August 2025, in Cape Town. This is no ordinary news conference; it’s where South Africa’s most influential voices confront the country’s toughest challenges with honesty, urgency, and bold ideas.
If you missed the event, either in person or online, here’s your chance to catch up on some of the day’s most powerful panels.
Host: Stephen Grootes – Associate Editor, Daily Maverick
Dr Mmusi Maimane: Party leader, Build One South Africa
Songezo Zibi: National Leader, RISE Mzansi
Herman Mashaba: Politician, entrepreneur and president of ActionSA
An event brought to you by Ninety One, Binance and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Democracy.
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