In conversation with Muna el-Kurd, Palestinian activist and journalist
In May, the world’s attention turned to Palestine and in particular the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The apartheid Israeli government began evicting Palestinian residents...
In Conversation with Busisiwe Nxumalo, ANC Candidate
For the upcoming local government elections, approximately 25% of the African National Congress (ANC) candidate list is comprised of young people. The Daily Vox...
Farming communities are the last priority for politicians
Ubuntu Rural Women and Youth movement is a non-profit organisation working in farming communities of the Western Cape. The organisation focuses on improving the...
Futhi Ntshingila writes about human complexity in her new book
Futhi Ntshingila’s They Got To You is a brilliant story. The book, released in 2021, tells the story of human connectedness and the complexity...
Miss SA finds her magic in new book
Shudu finds her Magic is Miss South Africa 2021, Shudufhadzo Musida’s story. It is also a story for any young person struggling and trying...
“Flow: The Book about Menstruation” should be mandatory reading
Flow: the book about menstruation is an informative and empowering book about menstruators. Written by Pontsho Pilane, Candice Chirwa and Karen Jeynes, it’s a...
“A Home on Vorster Street” is capturing history
An excuse not to return to practising law and a desire to capture her family’s history. That’s the reason why Razina Theba wrote A...
#WomensMonth recap featuring Dr Tana Joseph and Nomawonga Khumalo
During Women’s Month (August in South Africa), The Daily Vox hosted two Instagram Lives with inspiring women. The team was joined by Dr. Tana...
“Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality” gives sexual experiences emotional backing
Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality is an anthology of stories curated and edited by Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Kim Windvogel. The anthology features essays,...
Meet Avril Mafemba-Musemwa, founder of MwanaWevhu
MwanaWevhu means son of the soil in Shona. It is also the name of Avril Mafemba-Musemwa's fabric shop that sells African print fabric, bonnets,...
Loss and food in “Crying in H Mart” and “Brown Baby”
Food and grief have a special relationship. In Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart and Nikesh Shukla’s Brown Baby, the reader gets a beautiful...
#BeTheDrivingForce with Funzani Mtembu and Sonia Phalatse
In commemoration of Women’s Month as part of #BeTheDrivingForce series, The Daily Vox and Youth Capital hosted a discussion on women and the economy....
Gabisile is back! Baby Cele-Maloka returns to Uzalo
After a horrifying death, Baby Cele-Maloka’s character, Gabisile, concluded her final storyline on SABC 1’s Uzalo in February. But now almost six months later,...
Who heals the healer?
“I’m okay. I’m hanging in there. You know how it is,” writes Dr. Anastacia Tomson as she navigates being a woman, a queer person,...
“Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story” is a doccie about the rise of...
The documentary “Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story” narrated by Busiswa Gqulu is an inside look into the singer-songwriter and poet’s life. Gqulu takes us on...
A Home on Vorster Street: An Extract
In A Home on Vorster Street, Razina Theba witnesses the ebb and flow of a tight-knit neighbourhood trying to survive the forces of apartheid....
7 poems commemorating the Women of the anti-apartheid struggle
On August 9 1956, thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings. They were marching against the apartheid pass laws. Led by Helen Joseph,...
Extract from Pumla Dineo Gqola’s Female Fear Factory
Female Fear Factory is the much-anticipated follow up to the 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award winner Rape: A South African Nightmare. Like the...
6 South African cookbooks to add to your kitchen
South Africa is a country with many diverse cuisines. There is something to satisfy all cravings from sweet to savoury to fusion and much...
Qhawe! Mokgadi Caster Semenya is the story of a South African...
Qhawe! Mokgadi Caster Semenya is Dr. Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang’s sixth book for young readers. The picture book is a celebration of the life of...
