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    The Interview: Thapelo Mohapi on Abahlali baseMjondolo

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    Thapelo Mohapi, the former general secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shack dwellers movement spoke to us about their members who were in police custody....

    In his own words: Imtiaz Sooliman on the current situation in...

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    We spoke to Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman about the expanding Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. This is what he said.  “What...

    In her own words: UCT student on returning to campus after...

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    On the morning of April 18, a fire started near Rhodes Memorial, Devil’s Peak in Table Mountain National Park. Driven by strong winds, it...

    In their own words: UCT students speak about their evacuation

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    The Cape Town wildfires have displaced thousands of residents, many of whom are students at the University of Cape Town (UCT). On Tuesday morning,...

    Global Support For Kashmir – One Year Since Lockdown

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    To mark one year since the Kashmir lockdown, several activists from around the world have shared messages of solidarity for the people of Kashmir.  August...

    Ramadan During A COVID-19 Pandemic

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    For many Muslims around the world, celebrating Ramadan this year means dealing with a lot of changes. Ramadan is a month of fasting, community,...

    Gangs, Guns And Bullets: The Western Cape Is At War

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    The Cape Flats and Townships of the Western Cape are war zones. The release of the 2018/2019 SAPS crime statistics depicts an overall increase...

    ‘SA Must Downgrade Turkish Embassy Over Kurdish Offensive’

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    Mahmoud Patel, a professor at the University of the Western Cape and executive member and chairperson at Kurdish Human Rights Action Group South Africa...

    What Mandela Day Means To Born-Frees

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    July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day, where South Africans and all people come together to celebrate the life of the first democratically elected...

    The Best Of The Best: Former Daily Vox Journalists On Their...

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    At The Daily Vox, young people set the news agenda. Since its inception in 2014, The Daily Vox has been about young people telling...

    #TDVTurns5: “I Want TDV To Never Forget What We Stand For”

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    PART ONE  The Daily Vox (TDV) started its journey as South Africa Votes 2014. Co-founders Azad Essa and Khadija Patel wanted to cover the 2014...

    #TDVTurns5: Former Daily Vox Writers Remember The Early Days

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    PART TWO The Daily Vox (TDV) started its journey as South Africa Votes 2014. Co-founders Azad Essa and Khadija Patel wanted to cover the 2014...

    The Amandla.mobi Campaigner Fellowship: Creating Ecosystems For Change

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    For the past two years, community advocacy organisation Amandla.mobi has plucked a handful of community organisers from hundreds of applicants to complete it’s campaigner...

    “Bisexuals Just Want To Exist And Be Accepted”

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    Bisexuality: “the potential to be attracted — romantically and/or sexually — to people of more than one sex and/or gender.” (This definition includes those...

    Is Our Democracy Losing Legitimacy?

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    SPONSORED COMMENT The commemoration of Youth Day in 2019 comes at an important time for young people of South Africa. The recently-formed 6th Parliament saw...

    How We Should Be Commemorating Icon Winnie

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    Following the passing of South Africa's struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela earlier this week, many people have been paying tribute and commending her for her...

    Heavy rains in Durban are a curse for shack dwellers

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    While Durban has imposed water restrictions to cope with the nationwide drought, the rain that has fallen doesn't always bring prosperity for some of...

    Eddie Ndopu plans to be the first queer, black activist with...

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    Eddie Ndopu, Africa's own rockstar activist is off to Oxford University on 14 September to do his Masters in Public Policy. He spoke to The...

    For Colored Girls explores what it means to be a black...

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    Ntozake Shange’s music-drama, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, is a work of poetry, music and improvisational dance...

    These Soweto mothers and grandmothers have been fighting for housing for...

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    Way back in 1994, the ruling party acknowledged that providing housing to its citizens would be one of the biggest challenges it faces post-apartheid....