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Durban's ward 26, comprising of beachfront areas and tourist spots, is a hotly contested area in this year's local government elections. The ward was taken from the DA by the ANC in 2011. The Daily Vox spoke to the current ward councillor,…

With a week to the local government elections, political parties are gearing up to make sure they win. The DA councillor in Durban’s ward 26 is 26-year-old Nicole Graham, who’s running in a ward that’s different to the one in which…

Since a refugee is defined as someone who has evaded their home country because of war, persecution or natural disasters, they have not left home by choice. On World Refugee Day,  The Daily Vox spoke to ASTA BIZIMANA, who fled Burundi,…

Everyone likes an opportunity to make extra cash, but some deals are too good to be true… or legal. Last year, over nine business models were investigated by the National Consumer Commission on suspicion that they were pyramid schemes.…

LUC QUEVAUVILLIERS and DALE JOHNSON have taken it upon themselves to keep Durban's Blue Lagoon beach clean. They, with the help of a growing number of friends, have volunteered to clean the beach, for free, at least once a month since March…

On 4 May, Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, gave a speech in Parliament highlighting the progress that the ministry has made in terms of housing. She claimed that 1,003 new houses are being built each day, and that the number…

On Wednesday night, a fire burnt down several shacks in the Hoffman Place informal settlement near Overport. As a result of this, some 29 families were displaced. Those who can afford it have started rebuilding while many more wait for…

In March, Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa announced a plan to decriminalise sex work in South Africa. According to Sex Workers Education and Taskforce, almost one in five new HIV infections could be attributed to the sex work industry,…

Alongside the tall city buildings, fancy-dressed city dwellers and flashy cars, the homeless are the bitter end of the inequality scale. It's easy for most of us to discard them as lazy people, criminals and drug addicts without knowing…

President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation on Friday to apologise for violating the Constitution by not paying the Nkandla money as recommended by the public protector. The ANC has since welcomed Zuma’s apology, although a National Working…

On Monday, South Africa will be commemorating Human Rights Day under the theme of Anti-Racism. This annual public holiday is to remind South Africans of the sacrifices made during the struggle, mainly the Sharpeville massacre, and to…

Members of ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO held a conference in Durban last weekend to discuss the progress of the organisation and to elect a task team to oversee a participatory development project that aims to improve the lives of shack dwellers.…

Very close to Morningside, one of Durban's wealthiest suburbs, is a  shack community known as Phanta's hill, which when translated from IsiZulu means "Hustler's hill". Last month, 13 shacks were destroyed by a fire that raged through…

Tired of obliging to what they feel is injustice, the cleaning and security staff from the University of KwaZulu Natal Howard College have downed tools in a weeklong strike against outsourcing. The workers feel that while company bosses…

Students at UKZN's Howard College have been protesting in support of a workers' strike that began last week. However, their efforts were halted by private security and some students were arrested. QINISO MBILI rounds up what has happened so…

Last week, Kwazulu Natal Health MEC, Dr Sbongiseni Dhlomo attended a presentation by nurses that have been trained in the Nurse Initiated Management of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (NIMART) programme. The programme enables nurses to start…

Last Friday, Lindelani Myeza – a first year Durban University of Technology Management Sciences student – jumped to his death after allegedly receiving an SMS notifying him of his unsuccessful application for NSFAS. The financial aid…

QINISO MBILI discovered he had no choice but to nod along to the vitriol – because there is some sense to it. It is exhausting trying to engage with someone who has decided to hate an entire race of people. Besides trying to understand…