Incubus’ Ben Kenny On Growing up with White Rock & Roll...
The Daily Vox caught up with alternative rock band Incubus’s bassist Ben Kenney about an hour before their maiden performance in South Africa on...
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane Tells The Story Of Black People In District Six
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane's book Sala Kahle District Six was first published in 1998. For the 20th anniversary of the book, publishing house Kwela Books have...
‘A Place For Us’, A Stunning Tale Of Faith And Family
Treading between tradition and the secular and the clash between the self and family, this book tells a stunning tale of faith and family....
Imposter Syndrome Is Worse For Women
Imposter Syndrome is something that has affected every single one of us at some time or the other. Have you ever felt like you're...
New comedy series about African women aims to redefine blackness
Sqúad is a comedy series created by filmmaker Helena Morgane that is described as a ‘melanated’ comedy. It tells the story of a group...
Ali Abunimah: Palestine Needs Global Solidarity To Overcome Its Apartheid
South Africans may not be a military superpower or an economic superpower in global terms but it is a moral superpower - and it...
Zayn is highlighting his Desi roots and we’re loving it
Zayn Malik has always been our fav brown boy in a band. But he broke Directioners' hearts in March 2015 when he announced that...
Muslim women, you don’t need to be validated by World Hijab...
February 1st is commemorated as World Hijab Day. This is an initiative by Bangladeshi-American Nazma Khan. It's meant to "foster religious tolerance and understanding...
WADADA News, For Children, By Children
Aldana Dulhahde and Jan Willem are two of the many fantastic presenters who will be appearing at the Nelson Mandela Children's Film Festival which...
Coloured Man Running In The Suburbs
Racial profiling is still a common experience for people of colour living in predominantly white suburban neighbourhoods in South Africa. ANGELO C LOUW writes...
Tackling anti-Blackness in the Coloured community
Coloured people are anti-Black. It is so inherent amongst Coloured people but it is the rot in our community most often overlooked. We have...
Omar Sharif Jr: It’s Always Been Difficult To Be Queer In...
Omar Sharif Jr. gives face and voice to the queer population in Egypt who face clampdown at the hands of the authorities. Close to...
The Newbie Natural Guide is here for all your natural hair...
The natural hair movement, where women of colour choose to keep their hair kinky and curly, has boomed over the years in South Africa....
In his own words: Geralt Cloete on using the arts to...
Geralt Cloete is an MA student in Dramatic Arts at Wits University. He is from a small town in the Northern Cape. He honours...
Damilare Sonoiki On Writing Black Identity In Hollywood
Damilare Sonoiki is a Nigerian screenwriter and producer who has written for Black-ish and The Simpsons. He will be in South Africa later this...
South Africa Is Anti Poor Youth
South Africa is anti-poor youth. Every youth month, this country parades itself as being pro-youth, while our parliament is still old. And male. Amongst...
A Luta Continua: Youth Day Is Futile For Young South Africans
The class of 1976 have inspired many uprisings and protests from what many people have termed "born frees". These youngsters have challenged our democracy...
Dr Simone Peters is bringing academic nuance to the coloured community
With her doctoral thesis, Dr Simone Peters aims to show an alternative narrative of ‘coloured’* identities, specifically ‘coloured’ men. Dr. Peters’ research, “Researching Race,...
Understanding Ukuthwasa And African Healing
Social media has been abuzz in the last few months over celebrities who announce that they are becoming initiates of traditional healing, a process...
The Women Of Waqf Are Claiming Their Right To Pray In...
What began as a means for women to form a spiritual community and pray their salaah in congregation during the holy month of Ramadan...
