Daily Maverick

DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we'll send you a one-time pin to log in.

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

Antjie Krog

Kind and responsible, women rule the world better than men

POET’S CORNER

Kind and responsible, women rule the world better than men

By Rethabile Masilo

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

WRIT LARGE

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

By Marianne Thamm

Poetry keeps us safe from barbaric non-thinking

VOICES OF RESISTANCE

Poetry keeps us safe from barbaric non-thinking

By Antjie Krog

Books on the Bay — when literary royalty came to town

REFLECTION

Books on the Bay — when literary royalty came to town

By Taryn Lamberti

Notes from the Body — Health, Illness, Trauma

BOOK EXTRACT

Notes from the Body — Health, Illness, Trauma

By Margie Orford

Charlize, let me tell you a little something – a journey to Afrikaans

REFLECTION

Charlize, let me tell you a little something – a journey to Afrikaans

By Marianne Thamm

Antjie Krog and the role of the poet in South Africa’s public life

THE CONVERSATION

Antjie Krog and the role of the poet in South Africa’s public life

By Anthea Garman

Mixed response in South Africa to death of FW de Klerk

REACTION

Mixed response in South Africa to death of FW de Klerk

By Karabo Mafolo

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Series Two, Part Nine)

Maverick Life

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Series Two, Part Nine)

By Ingrid de Kok

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Part Six)

DAYS OF CORONAVIRUS

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Part Six)

By Ingrid de Kok

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Part Four)

Days of Coronavirus

Unlocked: Poems for Critical Times (Part Four)

By Ingrid de Kok

Antjie Krog on how Afrikaans and the South can enrich Dutch and the North

Mothertongues

Antjie Krog on how Afrikaans and the South can enrich Dutch and the North

By Marianne Thamm