COVID-19 And Pregnancy: Here’s What You Need To Know
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many health issues not directly related to the virus. From access to basic healthcare to sexual health and reproductive...
What You Need To Know About The #TUTShutdown
All nine campuses of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) have been closed since March 4. The shutdown comes after weeks of student protests...
UCT: Debate On Israel Boycott Rages On
NEWS ANALYSIS
On Friday, 21 June, the University of Cape Town closed submissions for comment on its Senate resolution calling for an academic boycott of...
Opening Schools And What Plans Are In Place
It is still unclear when exactly - or indeed - if schools will reopen. The department of education is proceeding with plans to re-open...
Decolonisation must begin at schools
I am a student at the university currently known as Rhodes. Our struggle for decolonisation remains urgent, and unfulfilled. Meanwhile, the struggle for decolonisation...
TL;DR: A roundup of SRC elections from across the country
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, politics must go on. Around the country, universities adapted the elections for the 2020/2021 student representative council...
The state of civic education in South Africa
One of the biggest takeaways from the 2021 local government elections was a massive decline in voter turnout. There are a number of reasons...
How to tell if a private college is bogus or legit
After matriculating last year, many young people are trying, by all means, to ensure a place at institutions of higher learning for the 2018...
Lecturer On Struggles Of Online Learning And Teaching
The online learning programmes set up by universities to deal with the COVID-19 lockdown has left many students overwhelmed. But students aren’t the only...
The Mbegu Platform: Helping The Youth Find Solutions To Problems In...
South Africa is failing its youth - particularly its poor youth. Despite the ability of young people to creatively pose solutions to the problems...
Reinforcing privilege – The tale of social capital
Graduation ceremonies are meant to mark the start of a new chapter where degrees equal opportunities. But entrenched structures of privilege mean that graduates...
Schoolchildren will go hungry without infrastructure for feeding schemes
Reflecting on a recent visit to a rural school in the Northern Cape, ActionAid South Africa director, Fatima Shabodien, says school feeding schemes are...
No clarity on why Gauteng health has rescinded all nursing bursaries
Most of the students who gathered outside the Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College on Monday had applied for the four-year nursing diploma. They had...
We need a better action plan to combat racism in schools
Reports of racism in South African schools are common. The most recent report of racism was at Cornwall Hill College in Pretoria where learners...
Eskom Expo for Young Scientists showcases SA’s bright future in STEM
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have created solutions to the pressing problems of modern life. Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science...
The poverty porn of matric results
The release of matric results every year usually ushers in a slew of reports of young people who've succeeded despite great odds. SIAN FERGUSON...
Minister Angie Motshekga, Please Don’t Call Us To Celebrate Failure AGAIN!
Every year we are called out to celebrate matric results without looking at our basic education failures. When Minister Angie Motshekga formally releases the...
Jobseekers: How to apply for a job in-person
The Jobseekers Series is a series of articles The Daily Vox team has put together to help prospective jobseekers. Job Seeking is a costly...
Centro Infantil Nhelety: Mozambique’s early childhood success story
Last week, Unicef held a five-day workshop on early childhood development (ECD) in Mozambique. Pre-school education experts visited nine schools in Maputo province to...
Should We Have No Religion Or All Religions In Schools?
A religious NGO, known as Organisasie vir Godsdienste-Onderrig en Demokrasie (OGOD/Organisation for Religious Teaching and Democracy), is currently seeking a court order against the...