DUT suspends classes following protest action
The Durban University of Technology has suspended lectures until Monday following a student protest on Tuesday.
The protest was prompted by numerous issues from the...
Dear 2016: thank you for teaching us these important lessons
Dear 2016,
It’s almost time to bid you farewell and our timelines are filled with tweets and statuses expressing glee at seeing the back of...
Beyond FMF: Pulling families out of poverty
South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the last two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges and technikons...
India’s Daughter: why race still matters in feminism
Feminism, the “other F-wordâ€, is making a comeback in mainstream media. Over the last year many (female) celebrities were bombarded with the question “Are you feminist?â€...
People are raising funds for the mother who stabbed her daughter’s...
A crowdfunding initiative has been set up to raise funds for a woman who was arrested after she stabbed three men who were allegedly...
Court rules that public schools cannot promote one religion over others
Six schools that believed that a case by Ogod (Organisasie vir Godsdienste-Onderrig en Demokrasie) — seeking a court order to declare it unconstitutional for...
Young filmmakers shine at the Abantu Book Festival
The Abantu Book Festival kicked off this week at Soweto’s Eyethu Lifestyle Centre. On Friday afternoon The Youth Filmmaker project (which provides young graduates...
10 Daily Vox stories that were read far and wide in...
The Daily Vox's most read stories are not necessarily the juiciest, the most newsworthy or the best stories on our site, but the ones...
#BlackoutClifton: what happens when an event is organically organised?
#BlackoutClifton took place on Saturday 28 January, and there seem to be mixed feelings about how successful it was.
Much of this seems to have been...
Condemning Wits anti-Semitism isn’t enough – there must be consequences
The response to the open display of anti-Semitism at Wits on Thursday severely lacked conviction.
http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/student-groups-condemn-goose-step-hitler-salute-wits/
While the Wits Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), Amnesty International Wits,...
Committee meeting on student protest policing finds inadequately trained private security...
Greater cooperation between police and universities is needed during student protests; police and universities also need to reexamine the role of private security in...
Kathrada memorial used as a call to mobilise against Zuma
There was an unashamed call to mass mobilisation against the Zuma regime at recently deceased struggle hero, Ahmed Kathrada’s memorial service. Hundreds gathered at...
Gigaba faces jail time over stateless man
On Tuesday, Times Live reported that Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba was in contempt of a court order issued by the High Court in Pretoria in...
What does the reopening of Ahmed Timol’s inquest mean?
An inquest into South African Communist Party member and anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's death is set to reopen on Monday, 45 years after his...
For the ordinary citizens of this country, it is time for...
The Kathrada Foundation and Nelson Mandela Foundation jointly briefed the media on Friday, after the Zuma presidency cancelled an official memorial service for Ahmed Kathrada,...
What the hell is Zuma talking about at SONA?
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is happening tonight, and it also happens to be President Zuma’s tenth address. Now, we can more...
Leigh-Ann Naidoo’s diary on the Women’s Boat to Gaza: Day 6
Sunday, 2 October (Day 11, Sea Day 6)Â
Today watching the sun rise ahead of us a few things have become clearer to me. I...
#CoffinAssault perpetrators are only sorry they were caught
In August 2016, Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen forced Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin and threatened to set it alight. Their attack was caught...
Another South African woman falls victim to intimate partner violence
South Africans were outraged on Thursday as reports spread online that a woman had been murdered by her boyfriend and her body burned. The...
It’s not all sweet sounds in the music industry’s White Boys’...
This is the second and final part of a series by musician, Cami Scoundrel. Read Part 1 here.Â
Conversations about the White Boys’ Club erupt...
