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Gauteng

#AlexShutDown: The ANC Did This

Sipho Hlongwane Apr 15, 2019 0

Subscribe to Sipho’s Weekly Political Newsletter. On Thursday, I was invited by the University of Witwatersrand chapter of the Golden Key Honour Society to a debate and panel discussion on the upcoming elections, looking…

Protesting Nursing Students Blocked From Entering Campus

Fatima Moosa Nov 13, 2018 0

Third year students at the Johannesburg-based Ann Latsky Nursing College have continued their protest against the allegations of unfair examinations and mismanagement at the college. On Monday November 12, third-year students were prevented…

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Total Shutdown Organisers: We Will Not Be Intimidated Or Distracted

Shaazia Ebrahim Aug 7, 2018 0

The Total Shutdown organisers welcome that the statement issued by the office of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), announcing that a docket opened against them was invalidated by senior police management.…

LGBTQIA+

SA Men Awards nominates homophobic, misogynistic preacher

Shaazia Ebrahim Dec 1, 2017 0

Behold the SA Men Awards, where we celebrate men for not being trash during the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children. And nominate a homophobic and misogynistic preacher as Man of the Year. Every year, for 16…

Accountability

People are dying in Joburg building fires and no one seems to care

Mishka Wazar Jul 6, 2017 0

Officials appear to have washed their hands of hijacked buildings in the Joburg CBD, leaving poor and vulnerable residents to live in dire conditions at the mercy of unscrupulous rent collectors. On Wednesday, a fire broke out in the Cape…

Features

On your marks, get set, shop with the Joburg Shopping Festival

Mbali Phala Jun 9, 2016 0

With the price of almost everything rising, consumers have been urged to be more frugal with their finances. But donâ€™t go filling your piggy banks just yet. The Joburg Shopping Festival, in shopping centres from 28 July to 9 August wants…

Features

Jeppe hostel residents say their public image is affecting service delivery to the hostels

Mbali Phala Jun 2, 2016 0

Residents of the infamous Jeppe hostels are protesting against a lack of service delivery, and they feel government has suspended services in an attempt to shut down the hostels. MBALI PHALA visited the Wolhuter hostel in Jepestown.…

Cartoons

Gauteng’s lack of schools and the parallel medium dilemma

Nathi Ngubane May 28, 2015 0

The power of school governing bodies to decide which students to accept based on school admissionÂ policies is in the spotlight again, after the Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools (Fedsas) won an urgent interdict…

Online Chatter

Gauteng education department discovers online registration

Raeesa Pather May 14, 2015 0

The long queues, the endless paperwork, and the kid tugging on your arm whining, â€œWhen is it going to be our turn?â€ Registering your child for school is never fun, and with widespread internet access and an app for everything, it really…

Reporters' Notebooks

Water shortages and SA’s urban/rural double standards

Pontsho Pilane Oct 3, 2014 0

In Gauteng water has finally been restoredÂ toÂ mostÂ areas, but it left many South Africans with questions. Why were there water shortages in the first place? Why now? And why were we not prepared for them? Rand Water, which is…

Voices

EFF members: Why throw people out of the legislature just because of their clothes?

Aaisha Dadi Patel Jul 28, 2014 1

Last week the the EFF stormed the Gauteng legislature and strashed streets in the Johannesburg city centre, getting a whole lot of bad press just when it seemed on the verge of winning more supporters. AAISHA DADI PATEL asked some of the…

Photo Essays

EFF’s red sea storms Gauteng legislature [pictures]

The Daily Vox Team Jul 23, 2014 2

Members of the EFFÂ stormed the Gauteng legislature on Tuesday.Â Photographer IHSAAN HAFFAJEE was there. The EFFÂ held aÂ protest march to express itsÂ dissatisfaction with the expulsion of itsÂ members from the house last month. The EFF…

Features

EFF: Get in line or get out

Raeesa Pather Jul 2, 2014 1

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) broke the rules of the Gauteng legislature when its members wore red overalls branded with the partyâ€™s slogan â€œAsijikiâ€ (â€œDo not go backâ€) and should have removed themselves from the house when…