The 2021 Integrity Icons share what integrity means to them
Accountability Lab SA is part of a global network of labs working on good governance and anti-corruption. Their Annual Integrity Icon Awards celebrate the...
In his own words: Thomas Gordon and bringing classical music to...
Classical music is always seen as stuffy and a privileged class activity. Thomas Gordon challenges this idea by giving violin music a modern twist....
Prioritising youth unemployment at the State of the Nation Address
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be the seventh delivered by President Ramaphosa. It is a critical time to address the country,...
Pearl Pillay: Voices from the Youth Capital Network
Youth Capital releases an annual publication that combines data with young people’s lived stories to shift gears on youth unemployment. The 2021 publication, Unlock...
Help for jobseekers: Here’s how to write a CV
The Jobseekers Series is a series of articles The Daily Vox team has put together to help prospective jobseekers. Job Seeking is a costly...
Mudau Phathutshedzo: founder Of Dziphathu Green Tech rewrites Freedom Day through...
Founder and managing director of Dziphathu Green Tech, Mudau Phathutshedzo, is the epitome of what it means to redefine freedom day in South Africa...
Press statement: A call to join the Youth Day Parade for...
The shoulders of young people are forced to carry the burden of ensuring our country does not collapse nor fall into flames. This was...
#YBAA19: These Awards Are Helping Young People Grow Small Businesses
“The Young Business Achiever Awards (YBAA) goes as far as to say that entrepreneurship is an antidote to poverty,” said Shaakira Rahiman-Saleh, spokesperson for...
Digify Africa supports young people in creating their own sustainable livelihoods
In 2011, Londoner Gavin Weale arrived in Cape Town to launch the SA edition of the UK youth-run publication Live Mag. Weale is the...
Jobseekers: How to write a cover letter
The Jobseekers Series is a series of articles The Daily Vox team has put together to help prospective jobseekers. Job Seeking is a costly...
Youth Urges KZN DBE To Release Its Scholar Transport Policy
Around 483 633 learners in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) walk more than half an hour in one direction to school each day, according to the...
Gender-based Violence: Main Issue Youth Care About
Young people - especially survivors of gender-based violence - actually just want better access to healthcare. “Apathetic and uninterested young people” seems to be...
Street traders in South Africa play a vital role: how their...
The South African informal economy accounts for 17% of employment. Street trading is the largest. Street traders are scattered around the many corners of...
Only A 1976 Situation Can Change The Lives Of SA Youth
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This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the June 1976 massacre, and it has become apparent that the livelihoods of young people in this...
With such uncertainty and mistrust in our leadership and political parties,...
For far too long now, the South African youth has been reduced to little more than spectators. In a country which, close to three...
Hashtag Our Stories’s Mohammed Arai on mental health awareness
October is Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa. An important aspect at the heart of changing attitudes about mental health is storytelling. Mental...
How can South African youth rewrite Freedom Day in 2023?
South African youth are finding themselves in the middle of a storm. They are grappled by socioeconomic and socio-political challenges. These are eroding the...
A family meeting: a seat at the all black table
Mr. President, we need to talk. We are living in a state of false unity and we can’t continue living like barcodes - separate...
Educating with a greater purpose — Paving the way for a...
As a young South African educator, I believe in the sentiment that knowledge is power. In order to activate that power, new approaches to...
This is how champion teachers are helping learners return to school...
Tefo Gaebetse and Frederick Ocansey — Champion Teachers in the Yethu network in the Northern Cape have prevented not one but four learners from dropping...
