If I was delivering the #SONA, I would prioritise…
On February 9, president Cyril Ramaphosa will be delivering his seventh state of the nation address. This speech is meant to report on the...
No-fees school in Limpopo is struggling due to vandalism
A no-fees school in Limpopo is struggling to survive. The combined school has been broken into countless times. Now vandals have ripped the school...
South Africa remains a nation of insiders and outsiders, 27 years...
Twenty seven years into democracy, South African politics is still for the few. And those who complain the most have the least to grumble...
Donations Pour in Following Devastating Fire in a Durban Children’s Home
Residents and different organisations poured into Harris Crescent with donations after the Edith Benson Babies Home in Durban was razed down by a devastating...
Load Shedding: Small Businesses May Shut Soon
"The loss is so great that sometimes we have to throw away some of the dough when it becomes stale due. The sad part...
Part three: Scorecard for new parties in the #LGE2021
The Daily Vox is continuing the scorecard coverage of local election manifestos. Most of the major political parties have made their “promises” public. Some...
SANDF Must Provide Alternative Accommodation For Marievale Residents, Court Rules
The Pretoria High Court granted a victory to the embattled Marievale community, ruling on Wednesday morning that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
NGOs take voter education engagements to communities #LGE2021
In the lead-up to the local elections, the Triangle Project hosted a community engagement on voter education in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Triangle has partnered...
Durban: 100s Of Refuse Workers Might Lose Their Jobs
EThekwini city's alleged failure to honour its contract orange recycling bags collection contractors have taken a major toll on workers who stand to lose...
City provides tents for Fattis Mansions evictees after they spend the...
On Wednesday night the residents of Fattis Mansions slept on Jeppe Street after being evicted that morning. This followed a court order of 25...
Department of human settlements gets roasted in Parliament for its failures
In 2017, South Africa saw many communities mobilise to protest for affordable housing from the government. The people of Eldorado Park, Freedom Park, and...
DUT Strike Impasse Reaches 5th Week
After four days of mediation before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitrary (CCMA), the industrial action at the Durban University of Technology (DUT)...
Cato Manor Community Protests As Red Ants Destroy Shacks
The never ending battle between the eThekwini Municipality and shack dwellers in various informal settlements continues. The latest one comes after the Anti-Land Invasion...
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...
Protests In Enkanini Continue As Demands For Service Delivery Mount
On Monday morning, Wiggins Road in Cato Manor (Durban) remained covered with rubble, shards and smoke from the burning tyres following a service delivery...
The Politics Of ‘Expropriation Of Land Without Compensation’ In South Africa
In a speech presented at the Urbanization: Impact of land availability - focus on land occupation Indaba organised by MEC for human settlements and...
Charges withdrawn against Philippi High learners who protested against learning in...
Eight learners from Phillippi High in the Western Cape were released without charge on Wednesday after being detained overnight at Nyanga police station. They...
David Mabuza tells Sekampaneng residents to give the ANC another chance
Deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) David Mabuza has appealed for another chance during local election campaigning. Mabuza told residents of Sekampaneng,...
Why Alexandra Booed Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba
“Mashaba we need answers now,” read the makeshift placard held up by an Alexandra township resident. The Marlboro Community Centre was teeming with angry...
#LGE2021: Galeshewe voters urged to use their voices by voting
Galeshewe is Kimberley’s oldest township in the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province. Local residents have called out issues like the...
