What happens when your NSFAS loan isn’t paid in full?
Graduation week at a number of universities has come and gone, but a number of students have not received their qualifications because their National...
Open Stellenbosch Protest: “It’s Like The Remnants Of Apartheid Live Here”
On Wednesday, the Open Stellenbosch movement marched to the university's administration building to demand the vice rector apologise for controversial comments on the university's...
In his own words: Imtiaz Sooliman on the current situation in...
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...
How to talk about homosexuality in isiXhosa
Many African languages are still finding the words to talk about homosexuality. The isiXhosa equivalent for gay or homosexual does not exist, so how...
Why do SA schools still have a problem with African hair?
Last week, teachers sent a 16-year-old learner home from school, allegedly because her braids were too thick. The learner is said to have missed a week...
“People still depend on traditional healers”
Traditional healers, herbalists and sangomas may soon have to register with the Traditional Health Practitioners Council in order to render their services. ZILUNGILE MNISI asked...
“Growing up in the village means you will never have a...
Matlhomola Pilane was born and bred in Thotwaneng, a village 60 km outside of Rustenburg. Being the only child, and the eldest boy amongst his...
University exclusion: more than just a question of marks
As some students gear up for the start of the academic year, others are facing the possibility of being academically or financially excluded – often...
Ramadan During A COVID-19 Pandemic
For many Muslims around the world, celebrating Ramadan this year means dealing with a lot of changes. Ramadan is a month of fasting, community,...
#sexistSA: “People call me names like ‘stabane’.”
So far, the Daily Vox’s anti-street harassment campaign has focused on women facing harassment. This week PONTSHO PILANEasked individuals who identify as part of the...
NSFAS students left in the lurch when it comes to work-placement...
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was designed to provide financial aid to needy students for tuition and accommodation. But NONDUMISHO KHOSA* found...
In the east of Jo’burg people want to know what’s the...
Ward 66, in the east of Jo'burg, comprising Bellevue East, Bezuidenhout (Bez) Valley, Bertrams, Kensington, Troyeville and Observatory is a diverse ward, with an...
For Colored Girls explores what it means to be a black...
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...
This is how Durban’s poorest people struggle to survive in the...
Alongside the tall city buildings, fancy-dressed city dwellers and flashy cars, the homeless are the bitter end of the inequality scale. It's easy for most...
Drought in KZN: “The rain will come soon enough, it has...
Kwazulu Natal is one of five provinces that were declared water disaster areas late last year due to the worst drought to have hit...
Mixed reactions to UCT’s mixed bathrooms
Last week the University of Cape Town (UCT) introduced gender-neutral bathrooms for students who identify as transgender or who abstain from defining their gender.
Nthabiseng...
A lolly to make you jolly, an ice cream to earn...
Shameeg Fagodien has been selling ice creams, cold drinks and bottled water on Camps Bay beach for the past seven years. Every day he...
Are “darkies†really not welcome in Cape Town?
The ANC may soon be visiting the South African Human Rights Commission to lay a complaint against the DA. The ruling party says the...
What Mandela Day Means To Born-Frees
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 principal who led his school to a 100% matric pass...
Riyaadh Najaar is the principal of Spine Road High School in Mitchell’s Plain. Last year, he saw something he had waited 39 years for -...
