2018

The Abantu Book Festival took place for the third year in a row this past weekend, and more people than ever attended. The festival is a feat for South Africa’s literary sphere, as the first annual event celebrating Black writers, writing…

Caster Semenya has been on fire this year. In spite of all the obstacles she has had to face, Semenya has continued racking up the awards and flying the South African flag high. She is also one of 10 nominees for the 2018 IAAF…

If you haven’t eagerly been following the adventures of South African superhero Kwezi, you’re seriously missing out. In 2014, Loyiso Mkize created Kwezi, about a 19-year-old city boy who discovers he has super powers. Together with…

Who are we? Conceptualisations of home, identity and wholeness are pertinent questions. Identity can refer to who we are, where we come from, who we belong to or what we belong to. We find ourselves in our families, our cultures, the…

Calling fans of all things popular culture: the first ever Comic Con in South Africa is almost upon us! Featuring some of the best of South African talent as well as international stars, this is a highly anticipated event. From comic books…

Amid the backdrop of the beginning of the 10th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit, activists and community organisations held a picket outside the New Development Bank. The Summit kicked off with an address from…

Join The Daily Vox journalists SHAAZIA EBRAHIM and FATIMA MOOSA every week as they chat all things fun and serious around fan culture, fandoms and what it means to be a stan. They’ll be destroying tropes around the supposedly traditional…

Football is bringing awareness to the existence and plight of Khoi and San communities in South Africa. At the beginning of the month, SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago announced that the SABC will for the first time allow for Khoi and San…

The most anticipated sporting tournament in history has finally kicked off with host nation Russia playing Saudi Arabia in what our editor has dubbed the ‘Oil Classico’. Hundreds of thousands of spectators from far flung corners of the…

Countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be hosted in Russia, has begun with many soccer fanatics placing their bets on different teams. The World Cup will take place from 14 June to 15 July. Among the African teams that have qualified are…

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Russia on 14 June. The month long tournament is the most highly anticipated event for football fans around the world. In anticipation of it, SHAAZIA EBRAHIM and FATIMA MOOSA have chosen the hottest home…

All South African medical interns and community service doctors who were eligible for placement have finally been allocated and offered placement, according to a statement by the department of health (DoH) on 18 May. However, there are…

“Show me rape-culture” - this is one of thousands of comments we have heard from students on campus. These comments are quite disheartening when they come from students who are in an institution of higher learning and ought to be…

If you are not a fan of Caster Semenya, then what are you doing? The South African athlete is the ultimate sporting and just general life inspiration. The week she made the news when it was announced that she had earned her sports diploma…

International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international series of events that seek to raise awareness of Israel’s apartheid system over the Palestinian people and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions…

The Syrian War will be entering its 7th year in 2018. Thousands have been killed, cities have been destroyed, and many people have been displaced from their homes with no end in sight for the violence. In just the past two weeks, over 1 000…

South Africa is a highly unequal society and a unilateral increase on the least progressive tax component – Value Added Tax (VAT) – is harmful to poor and lower-income earners. Finance minister Malusi Gigaba tabled the 2018 budget on 21…