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...
SA’s Transgender Community Battles Depo-Testosterone Shortage
How a transgender community rallied after a depo-testosterone stockout.
Hixtape Is The Lituation We Never Deserved
Easy, breezy, and fun, BTS rapper Jung Hoseok's mixtape has finally dropped and it's everything we hoped for and more! After months of waiting,...
Here’s why we need to give zama-zamas mining permits
In August, informal miners marched on the department of mineral resources (DMR) in Pretoria to demand the legalisation of small-scale mining and a moratorium...
Your Palm Oil Consumption Is Killing Orangutans
This weekend a heartrending video that showed how palm oil growers wreak destruction on a baby orangutan's rainforest habitat went viral on social media....
30 things you need to know about the Palestine-Israel conflict
There is no shortage of debate around the semantics of the Palestine-Israel conflict. SELIN KARA, a British-born human rights activist, put together this useful...
The MPL Network: Centering Women’s Experiences of Islamic Law
Debating justice in the Muslim family, a recent workshop organised by the Muslim Personal Law (MPL) Network at the University of Cape Town (UCT)...
Problems Persist For Gauteng Nursing Students
In January, nursing colleges in Gauteng made headlines when it emerged that there would be no intake of first-year bursary students because the department...
The Daily Vox Explains Eid In South Africa
As Muslims bid the month of fasting farewell, they look forward to Eid-ul-Fitr - the celebration after Ramadan. The Daily Vox resident Muslims SHAAZIA...
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
May is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) awareness month. BPD is a mental illness marked by an ongoing pattern of emotions, self-image, and behaviour, resulting...
Menstrual Cups: Mina Offers Environmental Solution
Did you know it takes 500 years for a menstrual pad to biodegrade? Besides that, the cost and inaccessibility of menstrual health products means...
Solar plant outside Cape Town is one step towards carbon reduction...
The city of Cape Town (COCT) plans to go off-grid by no longer being on Eskom’s electrical grid. One solar plant at a time,...
This Tool Shows How Black Tax Works
The Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (Saldru) at the University of Cape Town has created an income comparison tool to show how...
Explained: What is Wordle?
For the past few weeks, Twitter has been filled with green, yellow and black squares. You wouldn’t be too far off if you mistakenly...
Discipline in schools: what the law says you can and can’t...
There are various ways learners ought to be disciplined in schools, and corporal punishment is not one of them, having been banned since 1997....
Burnout bites. Here’s how to fight back
Have you ever felt so physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted that performing at your job seems like an insurmountable task? Do you wake up...
Five Things You Need To Know About Israeli’s Annexation Plans
On July 1, Israel plans to formally annex parts of the West Bank. Earlier this year, American President Donald Trump released a “Peace to...
Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Damage: How Climate Change Affects Children The...
Cyclone Kenneth and Idai both hit the Mozambican coast less than a month apart. The damage from both the cyclones wreaked havoc on the...
Israel Is An Apartheid State
In our second op-ed for Israeli Apartheid Week, ALIE KOMAPE takes a look at how Israel’s racism and apartheid tactics oppress and violate not...
Trade, Tourism and Education: China’s impact on South Africa is growing
Over the past decade, South Africa has continued to strengthen its ties with the People's Republic of China. The country could stand to gain...
