#FeesMustFall: Wits failed to provide healthcare and police targeted first responders
New report echoes the warnings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry and says police and schools must plan for protests.
#LindiweOnEusebius: Sisulu fumbles with feminism
Lindiwe Sisulu was dragged on Twitter on Thursday for her problematic views on feminism and gender-based violence. And honestly, she deserves it.
Human Settlements Minister...
It’s time for a “Me Too” campaign for men
Tsipi Erann says she wants to see a "me too" campaign by men.
"Me too - I pressured a woman into sex when she first...
CPUT: a militarised campus is the new norm
After weeks of ongoing tensions, four expulsions, petrol-bombed buildings, the resignation of a dodgy vice chancellor and the temporary closure of campus due to...
Why Al-Shabaab has not claimed responsibility for the Mogadishu attack
The attack on Mogadishu may not have been targeted at civilians but the government.
A blast hit the centre of the Somali capital city on...
Less judgement, more action is needed on female genital mutilation
Despite the dangers and growing opposition to the practice, female genital mutilation (FGM) persists across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over...
The people of Togo are fighting back against despotism
Protests have erupted recently in Togo. The protests started up in September and have continued into this month. People are unhappy with the current...
University of Pretoria issues tender calling for private security on campus
The University of Pretoria (UP) is advertising a tender calling for the provision of “ad hoc crowd control services†on all campuses of the...
Pretoria protest for Rohingya rights gets messy
About 500 people gathered outside the Myanmar Embassy in Pretoria on Friday to protest the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims. But the protest...
Manana supporters: ‘he was provoked as well’
A group of about 50 university students gathered outside the Randburg Magistrate's court on Wednesday to support former deputy minister of higher education, Mduduzi...
Mduduzi Manana pleads guilty to assault
Former deputy minister of higher education Mduduzi Manana has pleaded guilty to three counts of assault with intent to commit grievous bodily harm. Manana...
#Biko40 reminds us the police are still brutal
On 12 September, South Africans commemorate 40 years since the death of Bantu Stephen Biko, anti-apartheid activist and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement....
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...
Violence at CPUT as students attempt to shut down two campuses
Students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology protested at two separate campuses today. A building is believed to have been petrol bombed and...
Transport department to engage with Uber and metered taxi drivers after...
Uber drivers in Sandton retaliated on Thursday evening for the first time after months of tension between them and metered taxi drivers.
https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/uber-will-burn-continues-run-say-metered-taxi-drivers-rumana-akoob/
In July, an...
Drawing the line between corporal punishment and abuse in parenting
UPDATE: The Constitutional Court upholds a judgment which says spanking your child is illegal.
al.UPDATE: On 19 October 2017, a judge in the Johannesburg High...
Josina Machel reminds us that status doesn’t protect you from abuse
She is a wealthy woman, born and raised in affluence. Her life and upbringing is markedly different from that of most women in Africa,...
Why Women’s Month in South Africa is a waste of time
Here's a joke: Women’s Month.
In South Africa, August is dedicated to the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on August 9...
Tensions mount between ratepayers and shack dwellers in Bonela
As land disputes in KwaZulu Natal intensify, relations between residents informal settlement residents in Cato Manor, ratepayers in neighbouring Bonela, and the municipality are...
A letter from a Zimbabwean about our (dis)Grace
Landing in Johannesburg on a late Tuesday afternoon, I was welcomed to OR Tambo International Airport by the embarrassing news that First Lady Grace...
