Marikana report: an analysis in 20 tweets
South African thought leader BRAD CIBANE offered up a Twitter analysis of the Marikana report on Thursday evening, breaking down the core underlying issues:...
South Africans voice their frustration at #MarikanaReport online
President Jacob Zuma released the findings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry on Thursday night. According to the report, the blame for the August...
Throwback of the week: #WhenIJoinedTwitter
For us at The Daily Vox, it’s hard to imagine life without Twitter. So on Monday, when the hashtag #WhenIJoinedTwitter trended, we were joining in...
12 Ramadaan struggles only Muslim girls will understand
Ramadaan, the Muslim month of fasting, is upon us, and while it is no doubt a blessed time which everyone looks forward to, it’s...
Cape Town blogger disses fellow Muslims in Ramadan rant, and gets...
A blog post by fashion blogger Zahrah Perry has caused outrage in the South African Muslim community, after it attempted to criticise Muslims who...
Charleston: Five excuses for white crime
On Wednesday night, nine people were killed after a man entered a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, and opened fire on the...
No internet? No problem. e-Granary to the rescue
For high-school and university students around the world, writing a simple paper seems nearly impossible without the help of Google. But for millions of...
VIDEO: Six months later, Curro is still dividing learners based on...
A shocking new video showing the reality of racial segregation at the infamous Curro Foundation School has been doing the rounds via Facebook. AAISHA...
That Hector Pieterson advert: living the dream, or struggle appropriation nightmare?
Ahead of Youth Day, music channel Channel O took out a full-page advert in national newspapers showing a recreation of the iconic image of...
Youth leader Minhaj Jeenah’s rousing call to align Islam with the...
Ahead of Youth Day 2015 activist and chairperson of the Muslim Youth Movement, Minhaj Jeenah, gave a powerful talk at the Claremont Mosque reiterating...
Traditional “damagesâ€: should AKA pay inhlawulo?
On the weekend, a Sunday newspaper reported that some of DJ Zinhle’s family seem to be having trouble accepting her pregnancy by AKA. Some family...
#ZapiroMustFall? When cartooning meets cultural ignorance
Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, aka Zapiro, is once again at the centre of controversy. His Tuesday cartoon for the Mail & Guardian shows the inside...
How to speak Comrade 101
Earlier this week, the hashtag #wordsabusedbycomrades had Twitter abuzz. But what was it all about, exactly? AAISHA DADI PATEL takes us through Speaking Comrade...
Cape Town extends its Monopoly on cool
The dice has rolled in the Mother City’s favour and, with its own regional version of Monopoly set to launch in December, Cape Town...
Remember South Africa, #denyeverything
After ex-Fifa official Chuck Blazer admitted that Fifa had accepted bribes from South Africa to host the 2010 soccer World Cup, minister of sports...
“All hail Caitlyn – but what about Caster?†asks Twitter
“Call me Caitlyn†was the buzz phrase late on Monday on Twitter – but what does it say about us that Caster Semenya is...
The Brazilian who thinks white South Africans should get asylum in...
More than 25,000 people have supported a Change.org petition for the European Union to allow white South Africans citizenship in Europe, because white people could die from...
Karabo Kgoleng tweets to tackle #mentalhealth stigma
The 21st century may seem like the era of oversharing and TMI but there are still some topics that are taboo - mental illness...
Discs over diapers: meet SA’s 2-year-old DJ
At an age where most kids are getting the hang of grammar and dropping their diapers, AJ Madumo Hlongwane is hanging headphones and dropping...
Women’s Health columnist: “Vaginas look grossâ€
Remember that time a women's magazine told you that you were perfect and should just love yourself the way you are? Us neither.
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