All The Parties Contesting The 2019 Elections
On March 29, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) published the names of all the candidates nominated by political parties. The names are on the...
Fasiha Hassan Argues The Case For The ANC
The African National Congress has been around for 107 years, and in government for 25 of these. Its leadership has been dominated by old...
If You Won’t Join Them, Start Your Own Political Party
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A record number (48) of political parties are expected to contest the 2019 national elections, according to the...
Women Forward: A Gendered Look At SA Politics
Women Forward (WF) began as a grassroots movement on farmland, planted among women who were marginalised. Domestic workers, farm workers and women from rural...
The 2019 State Of The Nation Address In Five Quotes
“We gather today exactly 106 years since the introduction of the Native Land Act,” said President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa during his third State of...
Thabang Motsohi: Why The ANC Fails
“The African National Congress (ANC) is going to be divided, it’s going to split. The split is inevitable when you have ideological gridlock,” Thabang...
‘If You Don’t Vote, You Don’t Have A Voice’
We are one day away from the long-anticipated general elections, and millions of people are expected to come out in numbers to cast their...
#DAFinalRally: “The DA Is South Africa’s ‘Last Hope’”
“We need change, and we need it now,” Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane said about the imminent national election. Dobsonville was blue on...
SONA Debate: What The #FeesMustFall MPs Said
Former Fees Must Fall activists Nompendulo Mkhatshwa and Naledi Chirwa, now respectively African National Congress (ANC) and EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members of...
Makhosi Khoza Brings African Democratic Change
“We are not politicians, we are activists,” says founder of the African Democratic Change (ADeC) party Dr Makhosi Khoza. While politicians are motivated by...
SAMEBA: No Traditional Leaders In Politics
The South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association (SAMEBA) are hoping to improve on their 2014 election run. They didn’t get any seats in...
EFF Is Not The Cause Of Right-Wing Rise
“You are pained that the EFF has increased seats in parliament,” Julius Malema told a journalist at a press briefing on May 16. The...
“I’m Voting Even Though It’s Politicians That Let Us Down In...
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Some youth are disillusioned about voting. This is not true for Jobeka Mabaso (18) and Lukhanyo Davidson Mdletye (18) who hail...
#Shayisfuba: Feminist Collective Demands Feminist Government
A network of feminist women and non-binary people are calling for a feminist government and a feminist socio-economic and political agenda in South Africa....
“People Still Vote With Their Hearts”
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Roza is a 33-year-old accountant living in Johannesburg. After voting, The Daily Vox team caught up with her about how the voting...
Abahlali BaseMjondolo Endorse The Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party
The shackdwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has announced that it will be voting the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's political party, the Socialist Revolutionary...
Malema: Black Student Accommodation Must Be Same As Whites’ And Indians’
Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema has called for, Sesiyanda Godlimpi, the SRC president at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) to fight for...
The EFF: A Radical Bid For State Power
It’s difficult to believe that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was only formed in 2013. In just six years, the party has established itself...
How Fees Must Fall Activists Plan On Voting
Fees Must Fall activists and leaders from KwaZulu-Natal told the Daily Vox how they plan on voting; and why it's important to participate in...
Ramaphosa’s Cabinet: Will Young People Be Called To Serve?
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The announcement of the first cabinet of the 5th administration of a democratic South Africa is highly anticipated. Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated as...
