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

South Africa

Up in the world: Five South African destinations - including Pretoria - make global most-loved list

By Karabo Mafolo

Sport

Bolt poised for surprise trial with Aussie football club

By AFP

Sport

Bubba Watson, least likely to be helped in a fight

By Antoinette Muller

Media

Girl Talk: new study suggests teenage girls drive linguistic evolution

By Richard Poplak

Sci-Tech

Menopause isn't quite so tame, but still fun

By Lesley Stones

Media

But slang’s a language too, innit?

By Branko Brkic