On “Victimhood”: The Realities And Fictions
On 16th November 2018, an opinion piece by Mariné Bothma was published on Netwerk24. In this piece, Bothma attributes the emphasis on transformation and...
Socio-Political Unrest In Anglophone Region of Cameroon
The colonisation of the Southern Cameroons, or the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, by La Republique du Cameroun, has been long and violent. PATRICK AGEJO...
Israel Refused To Let Ghanaian MP Ras Mubarak Into Palestine
Ghanaian Member of Parliament Ras Mubarak was denied entry into the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) by Israel. Mubarak was invited to speak at the...
All apologies at Woodstock bicycle store accused of racism
A journalist’s allegations of racism at a bicycle repair shop in Cape Town has turned the spotlight back on racial profiling in South Africa.
Dear...
Airbnb hosts have a history of being trash
This week, South African filmmaker Sibahle ‘Steve’ Nkumbi, was pushed down the stairs by her Airbnb host in Amsterdam, in what she says was...
Palestinian young people’s future hangs in the balance
ActionAid SA's Katherine Robinson reflects on her recent visit to Palestine and the struggle of Palestinian youth. She says that this Youth Day, it...
Everyone from the EFF to the waitress’s mother has spoken out...
South Africa has been lit with the Ntokozo Qwabe #WaitressTip saga - R130, 000 in donations have been raised, and a petition to rescind Qwabe's scholarship...
“Conspiracy Of Silence” Happening Around The Rohingya Muslims
After last year's condemnation around the violence which was being committed against the Rohingya Muslims, the world seems to have gone silent once more...
Why we’ve had enough of this casual harassment
Last week one of our reporters proposed that we begin a new project, a series perhaps, that deals with the harassment that South African...
Anti-immigrant laws are on the rise on Europe and the USA
In some Western countries, anti-immigrant and xenophobic sentiments start at the top. The Daily Vox team rounds up a few states with problematic anti-immigrant...
Should racists be sent to jail?
This week has been a rough one for the “rainbow nationâ€. First, Mabel Jansen’s Facebook remarks had the country outraged, and then Florence Masebe spoke...
#SexistSA: Why isn’t SuperSport broadcasting the women’s soccer World Cup?
The Fifa women’s World Cup began last Friday in Canada, but how many South Africans are even aware of the event? We certainly aren’t...
Young Asylum Seekers’ Struggle Is The Same As Ours, As SA...
As we youth celebrate our freedom on a day that commemorates the rising up of young people against injustice, one can't help but think...
What happened when I tried to interview a black man who...
QINISO MBILI discovered he had no choice but to nod along to the vitriol – because there is some sense to it.
It is exhausting...
Allegations of anti-Semitism at Wits as graffiti calling to “Kill a...
On Tuesday night, it emerged that graffiti saying “fuck the Jews†and “kill a Jew†had been found at Wits University. The university and...
Our progressive constitution is not enough to protect LGBTQIA+ people
17 May marks International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. But how safe are members of the LGBTQIA+ community in South Africa? The Daily...
How patriarchy and prejudice fuel queerphobia in South African communities
The tragic murder of LGBTI activist and lesbian Noluvo Swelindawo, Â during 16 Days of Activism, is disturbingly ironic. According to Sharon Cox, Health...
Gender Summit Concludes With Declaration Adopted
"We are satisfied that most delegates and stakeholders at the summit have signed the declaration with amendments," said the minister of social development Susan...
Responses to #Shackville: is it time to put South Africa in...
Students who set “historic paintings†ablaze at the University of Cape Town on Tuesday have been criticised for their actions, as if being homeless...
Racist St John’s teacher resigns after pressure from education MEC
A geography teacher at St John’s College (SJC) in Johannesburg, Keith Arlow, resigned on Friday for making racist comments and “bringing the school into...
