Maverick Life

A new mural in Bo-Kaap celebrates the history of Afrikaans, and more from around the world

By Maverick Life Editors

South Africa

The shimmering innards – writer Antjie Krog’s ‘last’ genre-busting masterpiece

By Marianne Thamm

Politics

AfriForum's Kallie Kriel — there are land grabs in SA, not major land confiscations

By Ferial Haffajee

Op-eds

There are 56 good reasons South Africa needs the Bela Bill

By Michael Le Cordeur

Maverick Life

Masterful Breyten Breytenbach reimagined Afrikaans and SA

By Willie Burger

Africa

Poetry keeps us safe from barbaric non-thinking

By Antjie Krog

Maverick News

Bela Bill controversy — the ANC/DA GNU dance is still being designed, but Ramaphosa leads

By Stephen Grootes

South Africa

Bela Bill will immediately be taken to court if signed into law, says powerful lobby group

By Ferial Haffajee

South Africa

Koos Kombuis — ‘I had no idea that there were people who didn’t love art’

By Mick Raubenheimer

Politics

FF+ shifts gear to woo black voters, campaigns for BEE to be replaced with Best policy

By Heather Robertson and Rudzani Tshivhase

Politics

FF+ manifesto — Cape Exit, guns and community councils

By Ferial Haffajee

South Africa

The 50th Anniversary of the first Afrikaans literary work to be banned

By Anthony Akerman