Journalists must avoid hysteria over Ebola
Journalists need to up their game in the way they report the impact of Ebola on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, says BERNADETTE PAULO,...
“There is no sustainable development without the youth of Africa”
Transformation in Africa will not happen outside of the deliberate presence of young people. Young people are not just a parcel to the future...
Why are some South African men so violent and can it...
"When you are a child, when your family are messing with you, you don't know right from wrong. But when you grow up, you...
Are protests the only way to a gain a university education?
Students around the country have been experiencing frustrations with access to financial aid; some have resorted to protests as a way to highlight their...
Why Sorbet should just leave Nancy to make her own decisions
I really thought that the Sorbet Group’s “Nancy†billboards - which implied that “unwaxed, unpolished†women would be “unloved†- would have annoyed and...
Joburg orthodontist’s dubsmash advert goes viral
Johannesburg-based orthodontist Dr Muhammed Kaka has been making waves with his unconventional marketing methods, specifically his use of self-dubbing app Dubsmash. AAISHA DADI PATEL explains.
Muhammed Kaka, an orthodontist recently...
The Might of the National Shutdown 2023: Will the government do...
On March 20, the Economic Freedom Fighters called for a “national shutdown”. Was it a vote-buying stunt on the part of the EFF ahead...
“Being a student in South Africa comes with so much frustration”
After being financially excluded in her second year of study, SILONDILE CELE (20), from Adams in KZN, learnt that being a student at university...
Ebola in Liberia: Where are the Africans?
CBS's Lara Logan recently traveled to Liberia to report from the Ebola hot zone. But her reporting is now being held up as a...
Even the way we dress for graduation must be decolonised
Graduand WANDILE NGCAWENI believes the pomp and ceremony surrounding graduation ceremonies at South African universities is steeped in colonialism. And he’s having none of it.
I...
Post-Sona blues: five notes about Parliament’s security situation
Between the signal jamming and the forced removal of the EFF from the House, the State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday has...
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...
An open love letter to my comrade bae… or at least...
Wits academic, DANAI MUPOTSA, has a few words for all the comrade baes who have been participating in the recent student protests across South...
Seven WTF moments from Jacob Zuma’s presidency
Jacob Zuma's presidency has been filled with lots of surprises, in many instances leaving South Africans and the world bewildered. Here's seven times in...
Forget the West, Nigerian lives don’t even matter to Goodluck Jonathan
African lives aren’t as valuable to Western leaders as Western lives. We know that. But it’s time to talk about African leaders, particularly Nigerian...
Who’s looking after the mental wellbeing of students on campus?
Mental illness is on the rise on South African campus and few students can afford it. Rising student fees, stigma and access to psychiatric...
#TDVSpaces: #YouthDayParade – What’s next
Following the Youth Day Parade organised by Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Youth Program, The Daily Vox hosted a Twitter Space on June 30 to unpack...
Press statement: A call to join the Youth Day Parade for...
The shoulders of young people are forced to carry the burden of ensuring our country does not collapse nor fall into flames. This was...
The foreign native, a xenophobic irony
SA’s particular brand of denialism in the face of obvious xenophobia keeps the rest of Africa out and stops us from challenging what is...
Ending violence in communities before it starts – what new parents...
We are now in year 23 of the international 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, but South Africans don’t need reminding that gender...
