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    “Traffic light teacher” peddles Zulu words on street corners

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    Moses Mackenzie (23) has been homeless for four years but instead of seeking dubious means to make ends meet, he has found an honest and creative...

    Drugs, gangs, and forgetting Soweto

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    In 2014, youth on the Cape Flats are waging a different war to those who died on June 16, 1976. According to the provincial Department...

    “I knew exactly who infected me. It was my ex-boyfriend.”

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    HIV/ AIDS has is an on-going health problem in South Africa which has the highest percentage of HIV-infected people world; 12% of its population...

    UCT students on why they haven’t joined Rhodes Must Fall

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    The Rhodes Must Fall movement continues to gain momentum. But, there are still many students at UCT who have not joined the movement –...

    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...

    Christa Biyela asks, “Why should we hide the importance of positive...

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    In her book, "Getting Dirty", Christa Biyela stresses the importance of getting parents talking about sex with their children in an effort to stop...

    How to fix the forgotten schools of the Eastern Cape

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    With the matric pass rate dropping for the first time in five years, our education system is again under pressure. In vital subjects like...

    We asked these people why they still vote ANC

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    The Constitutional Court findings on Nkandla may have turned the president from citizen number one to public enemy number one, but there are those...

    To vote or not to vote: a fallist’s dilemma

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    While political parties do all they can to entice the youth vote, some young members of decolonial movements at universities (or "fallists" as they've...

    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...

    Trendy Maboneng and the Jeppestown evictions nobody cares about

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    While hipsters sip artisan coffee in trendy Maboneng, residents from low-rent flats in abandoned buildings in nearby Jeppestown protest against planned evictions that will...

    Buffalo City College students: “We won’t move!”

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    Students living in res at the Buffalo City Public FET College (BCC) in East London were served with eviction notices on Thursday. The notices...

    Can private schools save education in SA?

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    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...

    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...

    What we can learn from the Hilton College Instagram incident

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    The Hilton College boys who posted pictures of themselves performing a mock rape on a student dressed as a girl from a neighbouring school...

    “What must I do now, throw away my child?” – Thokoza...

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    Tensions are still running high at the Thokoza Hostel in the Durban CBD this week after a court ruling permitting the children to live...

    “If you think NSFAS is hard to get, wait until you...

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    The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is reportedly seeking to recover an estimated R8-billion from beneficiaries defaulting on their student loans. Acording to...

    A moment with Zuleikha Mayat

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    Zulieka Mayat is renowned in the South African Indian community for her cook book, Indian Delights, which was first published in 1954. The 87-year-old was also active in the struggle against the apartheid government in Durban where she organised a women’s community group that has worked tirelessly for social change. RUMANA AKOOB spoke to her.

    Recapping 2022: Check out Accountability Lab South Africa’s Voices of the...

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    In January of 2022, Accountability Lab South Africa along with media partner The Daily Vox presented Accountability Lab South Africa’s Voices of the Youth...

    Rape culture at Wits and UCT: “In every space that I...

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    The #RUReferenceList protests at the university currently known as Rhodes have ignited conversations around the way that rape culture at the institution is deeply...