The recent release of the joint Afrikaner Declaration has reignited the discourse on identity. Because some Afrikaners ...

An alliance of South African opposition parties can win a May 29 election and would bring significant change after 30 years ...

The long-standing unity among Afrikaner voters that has reliably delivered seats for the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) in Parliament is facing an internal rupture that could fragment their voting bloc.

Twenty years ago, our analyst wrote that the ANC had not erred catastrophically enough in government to give the opposition a ...

He has twice been found guilty of using hate speech - in 2010 and 2011 - first for comments he made about the woman that ...

South Sudan seceded from Sudan to become the world's youngest independent state. Just five months earlier, following decades of civil war, a landslide majority of 99% voted in favour of independence ...

In a more recent Daily Maverick piece, Stephen Grootes looks at “a growing list of groups pushing for secession”, including ...

John O’Shea made his mark in all senses on tour in South Africa in 1968. He became the first British & Irish Lions rugby player to be sent off for violent conduct when he thumped an Eastern Transvaal ...

OPINION: In less than a month, will the majority of South Africa’s disgruntled population finally bite the bullet and boldly ...

Expelled from the governing African National Congress (ANC) in 2012, Mr Malema, or "Juju" as he is sometimes called, has ...

Netanyahu defied the USA. Around the world, large demonstrations protested Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza, faring no ...

Big socio-political gains have followed apartheid but the legacy of racism and segregation is still starkly visible.