Cape Town’s township residents dread Day Zero
The Cape Town water crisis is becoming worse by the day. More than 60% of residents in Cape Town are allegedly using more than...
The Daily Vox’s four biggest stories of 2017: where are they...
2017 was quite the year in South Africa. We had major service delivery protests across the country, learners exposing the insidious racism in their...
“Matric is the time to have fun and to push to...
School exams are finally over and matriculants are celebrating the festive season craze. The Daily Vox spoke to school-leavers to find out what their...
Holiday spending: “Harmless fun doesn’t kill but financial responsibility should remain...
It's that time of the year where most people get hyped up and end up spending beyond their means. While some will be travelling...
This ex-convict needs help to keep vulnerable young people out of...
Bennett Mahlangu is a 41-year-old ex-convict from Vlakfontein, in the south of Johannesburg. Mahlangu was arrested when he was 18 for murder and housebreaking...
#ThePresidentsKeepers: “If this the best way to let people know the...
Jacques Pauw's hard-hitting book, The President's Keepers, which makes claims about President Jacob Zuma being involved in corruption, is the centre of a court...
Cape Town social housing residents protest evictions due to unaffordable rent
On Monday residents of Steen Villa, a social housing complex in Retreat, in the south of Cape Town, blockaded Military Road preventing cars from...
The Pavement Bookworm: true story of an avid reader and drug...
Philani Dladla’s memoir, The Pavement Bookworm, is one that challenges a reader to try and understand the meaning of homelessness and drug addiction. The...
“We are left with nothing†– Isipingo shackdwellers pick up the...
On Tuesday, a fierce storm hit the city of Durban, leaving a trail of devastation across the city and surrounding areas. Authorities say the...
Fattis evictees: Fattis was not a hijacked building, we owned property...
Former residents of Fattis Mansion, a dilapidated block of flats in the Johannesburg CBD have told the Daily Vox that they are upset about...
Uber driver: ‘You can never know if you are going to...
There have been regular attacks on Uber drivers around malls, clubs and Gautrain stations since the company launched in South Africa in 2013. The...
Is it time to rename South Africa?
Last week, Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, vowed to lobby the ANC to rename South Africa. Mthethwa says that “South Africa†is...
Durbanites say Zuma is no longer ‘The People’s President’
On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma addressed people in a local church in Durban, where he said he will not step down unless the ANC...
“I can’t do anything to protect myself”: Homeless women on dangers...
Homeless women and women who live in shelters are among society’s most vulnerable. They have no walls to protect them from violence, fists, or...
What do young Joburgers think of the state of their city?
Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba delivered his first State of The City Address on Wednesday, 3 May 2017. He highlighted five social issues that he...
What has democracy done for you?
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of South Africa’s first free and fair elections. The Daily Vox asked a few citizens what freedom means to...
Should artists conform to South Africans’ sensibilities?
Ayanda Mabulu has caused shock with his latest painting, which depicts President Jacob Zuma engaged in a sexual act with Nelson Mandela. Mabulu called...
Unpacking the South African food basket
With the rand fluctuations and two rating agencies downgrading South Africa’s economy to junk status, commodities like petrol have risen greatly. With petrol set...
Young people on why they marched against Zuma in Pretoria
Thousands of South Africans turned up in Pretoria to demonstrate against President Jacob Zuma on Friday, and students made up a large contingent of...
SexistSA: Where women’s safety in public spaces is unimaginable
Since the uproar from last week’s #TaxiRape story - that a group of men in a minibus taxi has reportedly been picking women up,...
