Lesedi Mamushi on why she is running as an independent candidate
Lesedi Mamushi is an independent candidate of the Makhuduthamaga municipality in Limpopo. Mamushi told The Daily Vox the reason why ward 6 residents opted...
“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...
Transgendered sex workers face a triple threat of stigma
AYANDA D, a transgendered sex worker in her 30s from Cape Town, has been a sex worker for 15-20 years. She’s at the International...
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...
A story of two public schools and how they shaped learners’...
Twenty two years after the advent of democracy, South Africa still has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. Education...
“Did my son really deserve to die?” – Mother of 10-year-old...
The Taliban faction that claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park in Lahore, when it was packed with families, vowed to...
Helping abused women find their way to healthy relationships
In the once gang-riddled community of Heideveld on the Cape Flats, Ihata Shelter is helping women who’ve suffered domestic abuse piece their lives back...
AlexFM station manager: “Alexandra was silenced yesterday morning”
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Four community radio stations were attacked and looted in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal this week. The ongoing #ShutdownSA protest targeted Mams Radio in...
Ulcers, arthritis and hypertension but Yusuf Harrison is still fasting at...
YUSUF HARRISON may be 88 years old, but he still has the strength to fast through the holy month of Ramadan. On a wintry...
Thando Mgqolozana: “UCT has bigger problems than the Rhodes statueâ€
It may have started with poo on a statue, but student Chumani Maxwele’s protest has given rise to a much broader debate about transformation...
Thato Moagi: Taking on challenges to achieve farming dreams
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Thato Moagi, the first South African to receive the Nuffield Agricultural Scholarship talks about being a farmer and the managing director...
Living with Tourette syndrome: “I always say sorry because it gives...
After 10 years of living with Tourette syndrome (TS), 19-year-old RADLYN NAIDOO, born in Durban and studying at the University of Pretoria, has been...
“I never thought I was a foreigner until this injury happened...
ABDI KADER SHUKRI arrived in South Africa in 2003, seeking peace from a war-ravaged Somalia. At 32 years old, Shukri is now confined to...
Xenophobia: “The government can say they will fix it, but that...
THARCISSE BWAMI, 35, from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been in South Africa for nine years. His journey south was long and hard,...
What It Takes To Write About Mental Disorders At 10 Years...
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eThekwini Municipality held its third Articulate Africa Book and Art Fair, the flagship Literary and Art Fair for Parks Recreation and Culture...
Economic migrant: “It’s not like we don’t want to be in...
Xenophobic attacks in Soweto and Philippi have made the headlines this year, but away from the spotlight political or economic refugees struggle each day...
“I’m Voting Even Though It’s Politicians That Let Us Down In...
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Some youth are disillusioned about voting. This is not true for Jobeka Mabaso (18) and Lukhanyo Davidson Mdletye (18) who hail...
#LGBQTILife : Ashwin Thyssen on queerness, faith and creating your own...
We live in a country with high rates of hate crimes, and it feels like we have very little to celebrate as a queer...
Shaazia Ebrahim: Experiencing lockdown in two different countries
The former Daily Vox reporter is currently reading for her Masters in London. She shared her thoughts on experiencing lockdown in another country. The...
“We help foreigners because these are our African brothers”
Residents of the Thembelihle informal settlement and members of the Thembelihle Crisis Committee (TCC) have come under intense police pressure, following accusations that they...
