environment

Cyclone Kenneth and Idai both hit the Mozambican coast less than a month apart. The damage from both the cyclones wreaked havoc on the people and infrastructure in the affected areas. Climate change is being pinpointed as a huge cause of…

Everyday millions of people migrate all around the world. They move within their countries, to neighbouring countries and over the seas. They could be fleeing wars, natural disasters or migrating for economic reason. In the award-winning…

The Hallyu Wave has ensnared the greatest sporting tournament of our time! Brace yourselves ARMYs and EXO-Ls, BTS Fake Love and EXO Power will play at the World Cup final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday. SHAAZIA EBRAHIM and…

We’ve seen their triumphs, their losses and their celebrations. But do we really know anything about the person behind the footballing legend? An American site better known for its baseball coverage, The Players Tribune has been…

ATTENTION: it’s okay for you to enjoy the capitalist, imperialist, heteronormative, misogynistic, homophobic and racist spectacle that is the World Cup. Or The Royal Wedding. Or books and films and music that pander to the capitalist…

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…

There is a pervasive notion that football belongs to men. The sport has historically been dominated by male players, male commentators and male supporters. But even as more women watch, play and work in football, male chauvinism and…

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…

Poor Mohamed Salah. In an image tweeted out by the New York Times “chief soccer correspondent” Rory Smith, the Egyptian winger is pictured with his hand tightly in the grip of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, and…

On Friday morning, Banyana Banyana, South Africa’s national women’s football team, gathered at the Alberton Football Club for their final training session before heading to Cyprus for the 11th Cyprus Women’s Cup. This 12-team…

Fam, climate change is real. And if we aren’t going to speak up, someone else has to. This is the message from young climate change activists and thinkers at this year’s International Civil Society Week in Bogota, Colombia. RAQUEL…

Last Friday, South African-born engineer, inventor and businessman Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Model 3, which - in his words - “combines real world range, performance, safety and spaciousness into a premium sedan that only Tesla can…

Heavy rains in Durban last week washed piles of garbage off the streets – good for the city, not so good for Blue Lagoon Beach, where it all ended up. LIZEKA MADUNA spoke to Durbanites to find out how they feel about the trash piled up…

The Fifa women’s World Cup began last Friday in Canada, but how many South Africans are even aware of the event? We certainly aren’t able to follow the action on our TV screens. Activists took to Twitter to point out the double…