How Serious Is The Government’s Plan For Free Education?
When former president Jacob Zuma announced the government's plan for free higher education in 2017, the hope and relief were palpable. It all came...
EFF And Traditional Leaders Unite Over The Land Question
The Economic Freedom Fighters and Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) have joined forces in the heated debate around land expropriation without compensation...
Still Yearning For True Freedom Day, 25 Years On!
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Once more on 27 April South Africa observed Freedom Day, the day on which throngs of South Africans commemorate Freedom in their lifetime. For...
Kgalema Motlanthe, Thuli Madonsela, Pallo Jordan On The Prospects For A...
At the end of August, Cape Town's Community House welcomed the former public protector Thuli Madonsela, now the social justice chair at the Law...
Class, Patriarchy And Racism In the SRC Elections At Tuks
The elections at the University of Pretoria have come and left in the year 2018.I must say the burden that they carried sometimes lead...
What you need to know about the Political Party Funding Act
The Political Party Funding Act has been getting a lot of attention since president Cyril Ramaphosa signed a proclamation on the commencement in 2021....
COVID-19 increased the already high unemployment in the Matjhabeng municipality
The Matjhabeng local municipality is part of Lejweleputswa district municipality. It is one of five municipalities in the district. The name is a Sesotho...
Why The Dissolution Of Parliament Will (Probably) Not Happen
Opposition parties will not sleep on their attempts to oust Zuma - this time targeting the rest of the ruling African National Congress (ANC)...
COVID-19: The Cure Could Be Worse Than The Disease For South...
Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
As the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads worldwide, some governments have taken rapid and unprecedented action. Others, led by bigoted...
Numsa’s Workers Party: Cuba-Style Socialism In SA
The party of the people has arrived or so say the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP). The political arm of the National Union of...
Five things to know about Germany’s plan for Africa
Africa will be high on the agenda at the G20 summit, set to take place in Hamburg from July 7 to 8. German Chancellor...
“Beyond the Holiday: exploring systemic and structural factors in Human Rights”
Less than 24 hours before the annual observance of the commemoration of the Sharpeville massacre, which occurred on the 21st of March in 1960...
‘We are at a crossroads’: ANC turns on Zuma while the...
In the wake of the #CabinetReshuffle, everyone seemed to have something to say. Press conferences, protests, and court interdicts abound; The Daily Vox rounds...
How are policies made in South Africa?
South Africa’s local government elections are just a few months away. It is routine for political parties to outline the policies and plans they...
Joanne Joseph’s Children of Sugarcane is an intimate look at indenture
In Children of Sugarcane, writer and media personality Joanne Joseph, weaves a deeply political and personal tale of indenture. Joseph introduces readers to Shanti,...
#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....
Jacques Pauw’s Our Poisoned Land: An Extract
In his compelling narrative style, Jacques Pauw picks up where he left off in The Presidents Keepers. Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows...
What The New Cabinet Says About Ramaphosa’s ANC
Cyril Ramaphosa’s first cabinet reshuffle has been criticised for its lack of diversity and the inclusion of failed cabinet ministers. We spoke to Tasneem...
Uncle Kathy lived a life committed to non-racialism
As South Africa lays struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada to rest, The Daily Vox team looks at his political ideologies as a young man and...
Julius Malema On Land: Only Death Will Stop Us
"If South Africans are afraid of expropriating the land without compensation because of sanctions and backlash, then don't vote for the EFF," the...
