Suspension of registration at Wits frustrates out-of-town students
Wits University suspended face-to-face registration on Tuesday following the return of the #FeesMustFall protests. Prospective and returning students were turned away and encouraged to...
First day at big school: Durban teachers excited for a new...
As schools open on Wednesday in the coastal provinces, The Daily Vox visited the important people who lay the foundation for education - grade...
‘SA Must Downgrade Turkish Embassy Over Kurdish Offensive’
Mahmoud Patel, a professor at the University of the Western Cape and executive member and chairperson at Kurdish Human Rights Action Group South Africa...
In their own words: UCT students speak about their evacuation
The Cape Town wildfires have displaced thousands of residents, many of whom are students at the University of Cape Town (UCT). On Tuesday morning,...
Statue of King George V is part of our history, say...
After three weeks of student protests, the University of Cape Town (UCT) senate has approved the removal of a statue of Cecil John Rhodes...
Meet the students who NSFAS failed at DUT
Last Friday, Lindelani Myeza – a first year Durban University of Technology Management Sciences student – jumped to his death after allegedly receiving an...
“Bisexuals Just Want To Exist And Be Accepted”
Bisexuality: “the potential to be attracted — romantically and/or sexually — to people of more than one sex and/or gender.” (This definition includes those...
The maiden bursary puts a spotlight on culture and constitutional rights
The maiden bursary, which was introduced by Kwazulu Natal's uThukela municipality in January was found to be unconstitutional earlier this month by The Commission for...
That shitty Rhodes statue: what students think of the UCT poo...
On Monday, UCT student Chumani Maxwele threw human excrement at the statue of Cecil John Rhodes to protest against institutional racism, white privilege and the...
Open Mosque: “This is wrong, it must be stopped.”
The controversial Open Mosque launched in Cape Town on Friday amid protests and calls for the mosque to be boycotted. Members of the media and...
Being gay in Jo’burg: “I could not change my feelings, so...
Musa Mthethwa (30) sits behind a table, surrounded by nail products. He spends his days as a nail technician at the bustling Carlton Centre,...
“In our communities, disabled people are rejected”
Holidays are synonymous with children spending time with their families, but there are many children who are forced to spend the holidays without their...
How We Should Be Commemorating Icon Winnie
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
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...
Is Our Democracy Losing Legitimacy?
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The commemoration of Youth Day in 2019 comes at an important time for young people of South Africa. The recently-formed 6th Parliament saw...
The Interview: Thapelo Mohapi on Abahlali baseMjondolo
Thapelo Mohapi, the former general secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shack dwellers movement spoke to us about their members who were in police custody....
Can there be any logic to setting schools on fire?
During a parliamentary debate on the crisis in Vhuwani this week, State Security Minister David Mahlobo blamed the protests on "cowards" and "elements hell-bent ...
Will rolling out free WiFi into eThekwini’s townships benefit everyone?
Last month, eThekwini mayor James Nxumalo delivered his budget speech and announced that free WiFi will be launched in different parts of the municipality...
The Amandla.mobi Campaigner Fellowship: Creating Ecosystems For Change
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...
Bad rap for maths literacy but former students don’t seem to...
An Umlazi principal recently called for maths literacy to be scrapped from the high school curriculum. Mbongeni Mtshali of Velabahleke High school said pure mathematics...
