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

South Africa, Maverick Life, Culture, Maverick News

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

by: Marianne Thamm

Changes to speech and language can help detect Alzheimer’s early – here are five things to look out for

Maverick Life

Changes to speech and language can help detect Alzheimer’s early – here are five things to look out for

by: Sarah Curtis

Africa’s ‘sleeping’ language, |xam, has been written in stone at Oxford University

Maverick Life

Africa’s ‘sleeping’ language, |xam, has been written in stone at Oxford University

by: Elleke Boehmer and Luan Staphorst

Kneecap — a rambunctious riot of sex, drugs and Irish hip-hop

Maverick Citizen

Kneecap — a rambunctious riot of sex, drugs and Irish hip-hop

by: Tamsin Metelerkamp

How midlife became a crisis

Maverick Life

How midlife became a crisis

by: Matthew Redmond

What's in a name? Trump set to wipe government language

Business Maverick, World, Newsdeck

What's in a name? Trump set to wipe government language

by: Reuters

Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead

Maverick Life

Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead

by: Tony Thorne

Basic Education Minister confirms Bela Act ‘essentially’ ready for implementation – except clauses 4 & 5

South Africa, Maverick News

Basic Education Minister confirms Bela Act ‘essentially’ ready for implementation – except clauses 4 & 5

by: Lisakanya Venna

The ups and occasional downs of learning how to socialise well in a small town

South Africa, Maverick Life, Maverick News

The ups and occasional downs of learning how to socialise well in a small town

by: Julienne Du Toit

Clinging to monolingual education undermines SA’s rich linguistic diversity

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Op-eds

Clinging to monolingual education undermines SA’s rich linguistic diversity

by: Nhlanhla Mpofu

A passion born in silence – how childhood mutism and a love of reading produced a master of languages

South Africa, DM168

A passion born in silence – how childhood mutism and a love of reading produced a master of languages

by: Joel Ontong

Stellenbosch University to probe ‘grave’ claims of nepotism against vice-chancellor De Villiers

South Africa, Maverick News

Stellenbosch University to probe ‘grave’ claims of nepotism against vice-chancellor De Villiers

by: Joel Ontong