The (harmful) rise and grind of hustle culture
It seems like everyone has a hustle nowadays. Driving for Uber is a hustle. Starting a blog is a hustle. Picking up a side...
Why Thembinkosi Lorch Is The Hero We Deserve
When Bafana Bafana beat hosts Egypt during the Round of 16 stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) on July 6, South...
Elections Live Blog (08/05)
Welcome to The Daily Vox elections live blog. We’re bringing you live updates on what is happening on the ground in places like Alexandra...
How the Depp-Heard case might shape the future of domestic abuse...
If you are even remotely engaged with popular culture, you have likely encountered the discourse surrounding the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case. The trial was,...
#woke30seconds and all that shade
The hashtag #woke30seconds was trending on Friday, capitalising on South Africans' love of trivia games and our propensity to talk smack about politicians, celebs...
Parent’s post about Woolworths’ gender binaries blows up online
A frustrated mom, Paula Chaplin probably didn't expect her Facebook post on the lack of diversity in Woolworths' toddlers' clothing to blow up like...
Hasan Minhaj Is Out Repping Brown People And We Stan
It was the 2016 Democrat Convention. Hillary Clinton would be taking on Donald Trump in the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Clinton's husband, former...
The List: How to deal with Cyberbullying
As the use of technology has evolved, so has the ability to bully evolved. Cyberbullying/online bullying is the use of technology to repeatedly and...
Here’s What Went Down In The Greenside Fight
You may have seen the videos - a large group of people engaged in multiple fights on a street in Greenside, Johannesburg. It’s funny....
Nomboniso Gasa’s 33-tweet lecture to SA’s #WhiteTwitter
White Twitter was never going to be ready for Nomboniso Gasa's 33-tweet lesson on the role of #WhiteTwitter. (There were actually 34 tweets -...
Somali leader in Johannesburg posts anti-Indian slur
A prominent Somali community leader has been accused of hate speech against South African Indians after posting a status message on Facebook in which he...
Pressure for Miss SA to boycott Miss Universe pageant in Israel
It’s common practice for the Miss SA pageant winner to head out to the next pageant - Miss Universe. Lalela Mswane was crowned Miss...
“He’s gay, white and from the EFF.” So what?
Jaco Oelofse is the secretary of the EFF student party at the University of Pretoria. On Friday, News24 and Independent Newspapers published two articles that emphasised Oelofse's whiteness...
What the hell is going on with AKA, Bonang and DJ...
Over the weekend,Bonang Matheba, AKA and DJ Zinhle took a step back into social media notoriety. The trio had been involved in a love...
Operation Fiela: The campaign sucks but WTF was this tweet?
It has been described by some people as “state xenophobiaâ€. Others have even gone so far as to call it “ethnic cleansingâ€.
But the South African...
What’s the deal with ChatGPT?
There’s been a lot of panic and concern around the newest chatbot to arrive on the internet: ChatGPT. Developed by American artificial intelligence (AI)...
State of disaster declared after flooding in Malawi
Malawi's President Peter Mutharika declared a state of disaster on Tuesday after heavy rainfall left 48 dead in Malawi.
- Featured image: By @ThingsPrime via Twitter.
Diversity comes to Apple’s new emojis
After years of complaints about the lack of diversity in emojis (those funny icons you pepper your text messages and emails) Apple is finally making it...
The Julius Malema verdict in five tweets
Julius Malema's fraud and corruption case, which dates back to 2012, was thrown out of court on Tuesday, after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)...
TAC: Nodding along to protesters at #AIDS2016 is not enough
Mark Heywood, the director of social justice organisation Section27 and a board member of the Treatment Action Campaign addressed the media on the sidelines of...
