“Black students don’t matter at NWU-Pukke”
The demand for transformation and decolonisation has taken centre stage across many universities in South Africa. MASEGO LEGODI*, a second-year student at the North...
Uzalo’s Ntokozo Dlamini loves his family, just like his character Mastermind
Uzalo is one of South Africa's hottest television dramas at the moment. The Daily Vox caught up with NTOKOZO DLAMINI, who plays Mastermind Maphumulo...
The Real Price Of A Degree: The Untold Story Of Financially...
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Author and masters candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Thuthukani Nkosi will be publishing his book The Real Price of a Degree,...
Uzalo’s MaNgcobo, Dawn King, on surviving depression and becoming a sangoma
Dealing with mental illness in black communities is not easy, and it's even more difficult for people who deal with mental illnesses to be...
“Uzalo has taught me that it is important to understand and...
With Uzalo being the most popular show in Mzansi, Lizeka Maduna was lucky enough to catch up with NKOSINATHI "NAY MAPS" MAPHALALA (who plays...
Uzalo’s Khaya Dladla: “There’s more to me than my sexuality”
The entertainment industry may be opening up to new talent but actors and actresses in the LGBTQI+ community still face the stereotype of only...
“You’re risking your life when you work in a spaza shop”
On the bustling Japhta K Masemola Road in Khayelitsha, South Africans rely on spaza shops for daily goods like milk and bread. In many...
Photographer battles his own demons to create a visual diary of...
Photographer TSOKU MAELA, who suffers from manic depression and anxiety, has visually interpreted the different stages of depression in a photo series called "Abstract...
“I’m just not gay, I am transgender”
Despite its progressive laws concerning sex, gender and sexual orientation, South African society does not always make space for people who identify as lesbian,...
NWU-Pukke: “Pukke is the only Afrikaans campus left, where must we...
There's been mixed reaction to the article about a black student's experiences at the North West University Potchefstroom campus with some former and current...
Being a woman in the taxi industry: “Nobody treats you like...
DORIS GUMEDE from Inanda, Durban, has been a taxi driver for over 30 years and has now decided to retire. She told the Daily...
Uzalo’s MaNzuza, Leleti Khumalo, on forgiving her absent mom and learning...
The cast of popular television drama Uzalo recently left the humid scene of Durban for Joburg on a press tour. LELETI KHUMALO, who plays MaNzuza,...
Johannesburg’s Sunninghill: A no man’s land for public schools
Johannesburg’s northern suburbs are expanding rapidly but the number of schools in the region hasn’t grown apace, leaving parents battling to find schools for...
In conversation with Muna el-Kurd, Palestinian activist and journalist
In May, the world’s attention turned to Palestine and in particular the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The apartheid Israeli government began evicting Palestinian residents...
Apartheid files: She found her brother’s body 27 years after he...
Some of the teenagers who disappeared during apartheid have still not been found. For the Tshabalala family, the search for their son - an...
NSFAS Delays At DUT: “The Price For Education Is Too High”
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At the Durban University of Technology, delayed payments from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have led to new student protests,...
Uzalo’s Sihle Ndaba on her love for travelling and performing
Young people sometimes feel the pressure to stay rooted in one place and go for the "safe" options. But the dynamic SIHLE NDABA proves...
“I never imagined that I would be selling insurance policies on...
South Africa has a high and growing rate of youth unemployment, leaving many recent matriculants and graduates scrambling to seize whatever work they can...
Sophie de Bruyn In Her Own Words
Alongside Lilian Ngoyi, Rahima Moosa, Helen Joseph and Albertina Sisulu, Sophie de Bruyn led a march of 20,000 women on the Union Buildings in...
21-Year-Old Entrepreneur: ‘I Started My Business With No Funds’
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Avthar Aniruth, a 21-year-old Durban entrepreneur, was recently featured in the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list. The founder and CEO of...
