“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...
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...
Wits international student speaks about “basically living on campus” during xenophobic...
Lucinda Kwakembe, 21, an international student at Wits University who hails from Burundi, is living in fear following the recent xenophobic attacks. She spoke...
“Women should be respected, whatever the circumstances”
NOMZAMO MKHIZE* left home to look for employment in Durban but soon found herself embroiled in prostitution and drugs. She told Zilungile Mnisi how she...
Isipingo xenophobia: “I came to South Africa looking for peace; clearly,...
When xenophobic violence erupted in Isipingo and surrounding areas last week, African foreigners were chased out of the suburbs and sought refuge at the...
How FoodBank SA saves food from landfills
South Africa is considered a 'food secure' nation, yet 12 million South Africans go to bed hungry each night. One survey found that 77%...
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...
“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...
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...
“I feel there is no solution to xenophobia because there is...
It's been roughly a year since the outbreak of xenophobic violence which swept across Kwazulu Natal, killing seven and displacing thousands. China Ngubane returned...
Nuclear Physicist Cebo Ngwetsheni On His Journey: “I Didn’t Know This...
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Cebo Ngwetsheni, a nuclear physicist and part time lecturer from the University of Western Cape, is the first author of a groundbreaking...
This Braamfontein barista says he’s the best in Gauteng
Braamfontein is filled with coffee shops, mostly to cater for its thriving student population. The competition for a good cup of coffee is tough,...
“People Still Vote With Their Hearts”
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Roza is a 33-year-old accountant living in Johannesburg. After voting, The Daily Vox team caught up with her about how the voting...
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...
#RememberKhwezi protester asks why we are defending rapists
Naledi Nokukhanya Chirwa, member of the EFF Student Command and one of the protestors from the #RememberKhwezi demonstration at the IEC results centre on...
#sexistSA: “First-year girls are fresh meat”
Universities across South Africa recently opened their doors to budding first-year students looking forward to a new chapter in their lives, one which brings...
“Higher education is not a privilege, it’s a constitutional right”
OFENTSE MAKGAE, 23, was recently awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to do his PhD at Oxford University in the UK in 2016. He told...
From India’s villages to South Africa’s metropolis, and six generations on
KAMROONISSA NANOOMIA-KHAN (73) traces her heritage back to India but her roots are right here in South Africa. She told her granddaughter, Firdaus Khan, about her family...
#Rhodes student: “We can’t compromise with this fee increase”
It's the second day of the #RhodesMIPMustFall protest and it's currently 31 degrees in Grahamstown. Protesters sit in the shade of the barricade they...
“I embrace my heritage through the work I do with my...
NOMASONTO KHUMALO was just a little girl when she learnt how to make traditional Zulu attire. She tells Zilungile Mnisi about her childhood memories...
