#BeTheDrivingForce with Funzani Mtembu and Sonia Phalatse
In commemoration of Women’s Month as part of #BeTheDrivingForce series, The Daily Vox and Youth Capital hosted a discussion on women and the economy....
Gabisile is back! Baby Cele-Maloka returns to Uzalo
After a horrifying death, Baby Cele-Maloka’s character, Gabisile, concluded her final storyline on SABC 1’s Uzalo in February. But now almost six months later,...
Who heals the healer?
“I’m okay. I’m hanging in there. You know how it is,” writes Dr. Anastacia Tomson as she navigates being a woman, a queer person,...
Theatre in the Backyard takes the stage to communities
Director Mhlanguli George is bringing the theatre to people’s personal and private spaces. For over a decade now, he has been staging plays in...
Zimbabweans in South Africa face uncertain future over ZEP status
Thousands of Zimbabwean permit holders are living in uncertainty because the South African government has not yet indicated whether it will renew their permits....
“Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story” is a doccie about the rise of...
The documentary “Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story” narrated by Busiswa Gqulu is an inside look into the singer-songwriter and poet’s life. Gqulu takes us on...
A Home on Vorster Street: An Extract
In A Home on Vorster Street, Razina Theba witnesses the ebb and flow of a tight-knit neighbourhood trying to survive the forces of apartheid....
Who is Jolidee Matongo, Jozi’s new mayor?
Jolidee Matongo is the new mayor of South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg. Matongo became the city’s executive mayor in an unopposed race on August...
What the situation in Gaza is like
In May 2020, Israel bombed Gaza from May 10-21. During the 11 days of bombing, 256 people were killed and 2000 wounded. Hundreds of...
South African short film, Five Tiger lifts veil on culture and...
Five Tiger is short fim about a sex worker who is trying to suppoer her family. It played at this year’s Sundance Film Festival....
The 2021 Pendoring Awards are now open for entries
The Pendoring Awards are a celebration of South Africa’s creative content in all its indigenous languages. This year the awards are focusing on “Mzansiglots”....
Help for jobseekers: Here’s how to write a CV
The Jobseekers Series is a series of articles The Daily Vox team has put together to help prospective jobseekers. Job Seeking is a costly...
Five times South African musicians “inspired” the world
South Africa Twitter was not impressed last week with British singer, Jorja Smith’s take on amapiano. Amapiano is a South African music genre similar...
Africa and I: From Morocco to Cape Town with only R1000...
Othmane Zolati walked, hitchhiked, and skateboarded over 30 000 km through 24 countries, over 4 years. He had never travelled outside of Morocco when...
7 poems commemorating the Women of the anti-apartheid struggle
On August 9 1956, thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings. They were marching against the apartheid pass laws. Led by Helen Joseph,...
How to console someone when words are not enough
I feel like a broken record when sending condolences messages. The ways of saying it may differ, but the helplessness behind it is the...
The Rise of contemporary South African music
In 2020, Jerusalema took the world by storm during lockdowns. The upbeat dance song with gospel lyrics by South African DJ Master KG featuring...
Extract from Pumla Dineo Gqola’s Female Fear Factory
Female Fear Factory is the much-anticipated follow up to the 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award winner Rape: A South African Nightmare. Like the...
I lost my father, then my job, as Covid-19 fuelled youth...
I caught Covid-19 in December 2020. And I was incapacitated beyond function, my chest was tight and it was difficult to sleep. I felt...
Showmax’s Devilsdorp smashes viewing records and launches a companion podcast
Showmax has launched Devilsdorp: The Official Companion Podcast, presented by Nicole Engelbrecht of True Crime South Africa. It’s South Africa’s first victim-focused true-crime podcast....
