What it’s like to be a transwoman fighting for sex workers’...
Over 15, 000 delegates from all over the world are at the International AIDS Conference, each one different in their own right. Advocate for...
Antiretroviral treatment has allowed me to live my dreams and raise...
Jenny Boyce, a 48-year-old from Mariannridge, Durban was one of the very first patients at the Aids Healthcare Foundation's Ithembalabantu Clinic in Umlazi, since...
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...
“HIV has been part of me for 33 years”
NTIMBWE MPAMBA, a 33-year-old Zambian living in Johannesburg, was born with HIV but only informed of his status in 2004. He told the Daily...
“I don’t like smoking whoonga anymore but being unemployed isn’t helping...
BHEKANI BHENGU, a 31-year-old from Claremont, Durban, was hooked on whoonga for 11 years. He was at the Durban University of Technology's "Support, don't...
My father took me out of school but I have forgiven...
Edina Bonzo is a 64-year-old granny living in a village deep in the Mangochi region in Malawi. She spoke to The Daily Vox about...
Meet a young journalist making her mark with a blog in...
FORTUNATE MACHABA is taking her own destiny into her hands through her news blog while also working as a public relations practitioner. She spoke to...
US Army veteran threatened at gunpoint in Islamophobic attack
United States Army veteran, MUHAMMED MAQSOOD ALI KHAN was threatened at gunpoint at his local mosque in Hoke County, North Carolina, on the first...
Xenophobia is just one of the many problems faced by refugees...
Since a refugee is defined as someone who has evaded their home country because of war, persecution or natural disasters, they have not left...
“As a young person, you must know where you want to...
Nineteen-year-old MFUNDO RADEBE, from Durban’s township of Umlazi, has been awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard University in the USA after obtaining eight...
This black, bold, queer activist wants us to invest in people...
One of the first disabled Africans to be accepted into Oxford University, EDWARD NDOPU plans to use the opportunity to close the access gaps...
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...
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...
How one woman lost R128 000 to a Ponzi scheme
Everyone likes an opportunity to make extra cash, but some deals are too good to be true… or legal. Last year, over nine business...
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...
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,...
Mohale Mashigo on how writing and storytelling keep her alive
Author of The Yearning, MOHALE MASHIGO spoke to Mbali Phala about storytelling, spirituality, changing the lives of children and her own yearning.
At 19, I...
Meet the guys helping to keep Durban’s beaches clean
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...
This South African activist says he was deported from Israel because...
ITANI RASALANAVHO was deported by Israel recently as he tried to make his way into Palestine and the Occupied Territories for voluntary work. This...
This young writer has written a book of IsiZulu poetry but...
Grade 11 pupil, MENZI MTHETHWA has written a book of IsiZulu poetry, but he's struggling to realise his dream of being published.
It's unfortunate that...
