UKZN’s new vice chancellor: “We’re really putting a lot of hope...
The University of KwaZulu-Natal recently announced Dr Albert Van Jaarsveld, CEO of the National Research Foundation, as its new vice chancellor and principal. SHIMEI...
Why you, or anyone, should care about campus politics
I live at home with my family, a seven-minute drive away from campus. My parents pay for my tuition and anything else that I...
#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...
Should medical marijuana be legalised?
The debate around the legality of medical marijuana was reignited following the death recently of Inkatha Freedom Party MP Mario Ambrosini. Ambrosini committed suicide...
Re-blocking: If you’re going to move people’s homes, best to consult...
The much debated realignment - or re-blocking - of shacks in the Protea South Informal Settlement is now underway but many residents are still unhappy...
Do you know what to do in an earthquake?
In August Gauteng experienced first a magnitude 5.5 earthquake centred in Orkney, and then a 3.8 magnitude earthquake near Orange Farm. Seismologists have warned...
Does FW De Klerk Deserve More Kudos?
Earlier this month, the City of Cape Town announced that it has recommended the renaming of Table Bay Boulevard - the section of the N1 freeway...
“The country needs a party like the EFF.”
On Thursday members of the EFF in Parliament held a sit-in after their leader Julius Malema received an unsatisfactory response from President Jacob Zuma...
#sexistSA: When a stranger tells you, “Yoh, I can hit!”
Whether it's harassment by a former schoolmate who will not take no from an answer, irate sports fans on Twitter, or a random person on the street, it's...
#sexistSA: Should we just accept this as the norm?
It's easy to ignore a passer-by who catcalls or makes sexist remarks towards you. Accepting that this is the norm in society is much...
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...
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...
Does a lecturer’s race matter to university students?
According to a recent City Press report, less than one in every ten university professors in South African universities is black. These low numbers have been attributed...
Thirty years later, still no water in Roosboom
PETER MABASO* (45) is a resident of Roosboom, in Kwa-Zulu Natal, where violent service delivery protests recently broke out over the lack of water supply to the area. He...
Can private schools save education in SA?
Is the private school system in South Africa segregated and elitist? Salim Vally, associate professor and director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation...
Without work or family, prayer and nyaope provide solace
Jabulani Shabalala (33) from Phiri in Soweto is battling an addiction to nyaope. He told BHEKI SIMELANE about his struggle.
I can tell you that...
“I already lost one child. Do I have to feel the...
Lydia Taziyevi (34) lost her son in 2008, before she fled Zimbabwe for a new life in South Africa. She spoke to AAISHA DADI...
Numsa strike: “It’s been a difficult and terrifying four weeks”
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa NUMSA returned to work on Tuesday after a month-long strike. BHEKI SIMELANE spoke to Numsa member Kenneth...
Forget the feature phone, the smartphone revolution is here
Between December 2013 and June 2014, there was a 13% increase in the number of smartphones sold by PEP stores, one of SA's leading cellphone...
Discontent brews in Ivory Park, Thembisa
Discontent is brewing in the Ivory Park informal settlement in Thembisa’s ward 78, where residents say they’re fed up with mismanagement on the part of...
