Daily Maverick is an independent, South African, English language, online news publication and weekly print newspaper, with offices in the country's two most populous cities: Cape Town (the site of its headquarters) and Johannesburg.

[1] Daily Maverick's motto is Defend Truth, and it is funded by a combination of reader donations, grants, events, and advertising.

And, secondly; it needs to help people navigate life, make better decisions, have better conversations, and ultimately aid people in the pursuit of a better life, which the publication says it achieves by explaining the impact of major events, providing perspective from an experienced newsroom, and publishing a variety of opinions, sourced from a network of contributors (in other words, avoiding bias and remaining objective and balanced with what they publish).

[36] Section 16, which details the online attacks on Daily Maverick's women journalists, debuted at the Encounters Film Festival.

[37][38] Daily Maverick is wholly owned by a holding company, which is funded by a number of shareholders, many of which are non-profits and trusts, which aligns with the publication's goal of continuing to provide balanced, unbiased news.

[1] Branislav ‘Branko' Brkic is a Serbian-born South African journalist, publisher, and Daily Maverick's Co-Founder and editor-in-chief - he and Styli Charalambous co-launched the publication in 2009.

[42] The investigation won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award alongside Rappler, the Filipino publication founded by Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa.

[52][53] Charalambous co-produced The Highwaymen, a podcast by Daily Maverick's Richard Poplak and Diana Neille.