“The festival will leave us with rich knowledge about literature” –...
When it was announced that this year’s Time of the Writer will be held in the townships of Durban, the list wouldn’t have been...
The hustle for this man is about finding safety at home...
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,...
I am Malawian who lived in Palestine (and loved it)
SHASSY CHASOWA is a Malawian who moved to Palestine in 2007 after their father got a job in East Jerusalem. The family lived there...
Why I believe Israel is not an apartheid state
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual campaign that raises awareness about the unequal living conditions of Palestinians. Although The Daily Vox believes that...
“We’re not asking them to nurse black people” – an...
Three of the 27 students from the University of Pretoria who were arrested last week for their alleged participation in the clashes that ensued...
UFS Student Describes Violence After Monday’s Rugby Match Disruption
Protests against outsourced workers hit the University of Free State on Monday night when protestors disrupted a rugby match on the campus. Things quickly...
Cleaners and security staff strike at UKZN Howard College
Cleaning and security staff have been striking for two weeks on UKZN's Howard College campus. BANDILE MDLALOSEÂ sent us an update.Â
The workers’ strike is on...
“If we don’t get rain in the next week, we are...
Aaisha Dadi Patel spoke to KARL LANDMAN, a Mpumalanga farmer, about how the drought is affecting his maize and soya bean crops as well...
This nurse says public healthcare workers still discriminate against LGBTQI
Last week, Kwazulu Natal Health MEC, Dr Sbongiseni Dhlomo attended a presentation by nurses that have been trained in the Nurse Initiated Management of...
“I had to prove to people that living with HIV doesn’t...
Through 17 years of living with HIV and being subjected to victimisation and stigma, 37-year-old SIBUSISO MAPHUMULO of Mahlongwa Township, south of Durban, is...
Meet the remarkable uncle who helped the Syrian refugee family in...
This weekend a report in Independent Media told of a Syrian family's desperate attempts to secure asylum status in South Africa. The family of...
Women are just as capable in the police as men
SAPS brigadier BONGI SITHOLE (49) has been in the police force longer than the average Daily Vox reader has been alive. She spoke to...
The high cost of being poor in South Africa
For many of South Africa’s urban poor, poverty is a trap they cannot escape. Their poverty means they often pay higher prices for goods...
Surviving on the margins and “disturbing the robots”
If you’ve ever been to Rosebank, chances are you’ve driven past TELMORE MASANGUDZA, PETER KAZOWA and the display of beaded artworks they’ve sold at...
Maputo photographer captures the city’s changing interior landscape
Maputo is a city that is ever changing, with buildings going up as quickly as others are brought down. FILIPE BRANQUINHO, a well-known Mozambican...
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...
A story of two school leavers – two very different editions
Two young women, both matriculants of the class of 2015 and soon to be Witsies described the very different paths they took to get to...
Ex-convict builds a new life by making bricks
34-year-old SBONGISENI NGCOBO, from KwaNongoma in Kwazulu Natal, Â was convicted of murder when he was 15 years old, and served half of a 20-year...
Stirring up spaces with poet Koleka Putuma
22-year-old theatre director, writer and poet KOLEKA PUTUMA spoke to Mbali Zwane about her poem Water, and navigating being a black woman in the...
“We are more than drugs, gangsters and gold teeth”
Eldorado Park has become synonymous with drugs dens and gangsterism. Journalist MAXINE BECKET shares her experience of reporting in one of South Africa's drug...
