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...
Central Methodist Church raid: “Hey, hey Zimbabweans! You must go back...
On Friday, state officials raided the Central Methodist Church in the Johannesburg CBD, a building known for offering a safe haven to immigrants, particularly...
“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...
Caught between war-torn DRC and xenophobic SA
"It is not our responsibility to create jobs for South Africans especially those who say we are taking their jobs."
AMURI DJUMA, from the...
“If other countries can afford students free education, why can’t we?”
SEABELO MOEPI (21) was a chemistry and biochemistry major at UCT. But he couldn't keep up with the fees and found himself excluded before...
Campus protests – updates [26 October]
Student protests, arising from the #FeesMustFall movement, are continuing into their third week. Things are moving quickly at campuses around the country and the Daily Vox...
It takes a village: How one family faced the triple threat...
AMAHLE MQADI* (20) tells Zilungile Mnisi about the toll alcohol abuse, poverty, neglect and rape took on her family.
I grew up in the Eastern...
DRC refugee: “I am still scared of the community; I am...
MIKE KACHIMA is a 24-year-old Congolese living in the Chatsworth camp, after previously staying at the Isipingo camp. Kachima survived an attack in Isipingo,...
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...
Jo’burg Uber driver on fare cuts: “These other drivers are worried...
During the first week of April, transport service Uber announced a 20% reduction in South African ride rates for winter. Some 200 unimpressed drivers...
A tale of a Burundian orphan
Since April, tens of thousands of people have fled the ongoing violence in Burundi which has seen more than 300 people killed and 240,000...
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...
“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...
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...
“We are deeply worried about a trend to undermine the ability...
This week, some 900 civil society activists and thinkers have descended upon Bogota to discuss the role of civil society in making a better...
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...
