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Everything You Need To Know About The FIFA Women’s World Cup

Fatima Moosa May 16, 2019 0

France 2019: it’s almost time for another World Cup! The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be happening in June and excitement levels are growing. The tournament kicks off on June 7 in Paris with the final on July 7 in Lyon. In case you’re…

South Africa

Banyana, Bafana & Proteas Seek Glory In 2019

Fatima Moosa Apr 24, 2019 0

Three of South Africa’s national sporting teams are in action this year. 2019 is a busy sporting year. There’s the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the AFCON Cup, and the ICC Cricket World Cup. Banyana Banyana, Bafana Bafana, and the Proteas will…

Politics

Clinton Chaukeâ€™s â€˜Born In Chainsâ€™ Tells Why We Need Economic Freedom In South Africa

Shaazia Ebrahim Aug 27, 2018 0

â€œGrowing up as a born free I was told there were a lot of things I could access - education, shelter, even food, sometimes. But I found them hard to attain,â€ writes Clinton Chauke in his debut book Born In Chains: The Diary Of An Angry…

Identity

Nozizwe Cynthia Jele Explores Imperfection And Forgiveness In Her Latest Book

Shaazia Ebrahim Jul 16, 2018 0

A funeral is an important symbolic ritual. It brings together friends and family in a celebration of life, a grief of loss and an expression of beliefs, thoughts and feelings about losing a loved one. Nozizwe Cynthia Jeleâ€™s latest book…

Life Skills

Get The True World Cup Atmosphere At These Local Venues

Fatima Moosa Jun 13, 2018 0

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off this Thursday, 14 June with the hosts Russia taking on Saudi Arabia in the opening game. South African fans are going to be glued to their television screens taking in all the action of the tournament.…

The Arts

Twitter Was Not Sure How To Feel About The World Cup Song

Fatima Moosa Jun 12, 2018 0

On Friday 9 June, just days before the 2018 FIFA World Cup is due to kick off in Russia, Nicky Jam and Will Smith released the music video to accompany their song, Live It Up which featured Era Istrefi. Itâ€™s the official song of the 2018…

Debate

Black girlhood and the unbearable weight of knowing too much

The Daily Vox Team Sep 4, 2017 0

Naledi Yaziyo explores a number of ways in which black girls are expected to grow up too fast and pay the price of knowing too much. The penis was never really strange to me. Where I grew up, men brandished it with remarkable abandon.…

Human Dignity

Queer love blossoms in unlikely places

The Daily Vox Team May 17, 2017 0

May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Queer rights activist Gabriel Hoosain Khan gave the following speech at the Dutch Embassy in Pretoria, about the queer stories that have been a part - albeit often…

Ten things privileged kids will never understand

Nikita Ramkissoon Jan 18, 2017 1

With recent dialogues circulating social spaces dealing with issues of privilege, Twitter users did not hold back in getting in on the action, creating the hashtag, #PrivilegedKids. The internet, being as brutal as it is, pointed out to all…

Features

SA u23 relishing Olympic challenge

Alicia Pillay-Wagiet Jul 15, 2016 0

South African under-23 coach Owen da Gama has stressed the fact his team needs to be mentally ready if they want to do well at the Rio Olympics. The team assembled for camp on Tuesday. Keegan Dolley, Itumeleng Khune and France-based…

Opinion

The PSL promotion playoffs are unnecessary, taxing and illogical

Michaelson Gumede Jun 20, 2016 0

On 15 June, Highlands Park after the Tembisa-based side wasÂ promoted to the Premier Soccer League (PSL), following three successive wins in the promotion/relegation play-offs. With former Platinum Stars coach Allan Freese mentoring the…

Features

Here’s why Bafana NEED to win against Cameroon

The Daily Vox Team Mar 29, 2016 0

Hlompo Kekana's wonder goal against Cameroon over the weekend may have left us in awe but Bafana Bafana fans know too well that it will take more than just individual brilliance to win Tuesdayâ€™s return-fixture at Moses Mabhida stadium. It…

Features

We’re backing these SA women to slay at this year’s Olympics

Fatima Moosa Feb 12, 2016 2

One of the biggest events in the sporting world, The Rio Olympics 2016, is just months away and athletes are hard at work preparing for the summer games. While all of Team SA's spots have not yet been filled, FATIMA MOOSA rounds up ten…

Features

Memory lane will not change the fact that Bafana Bafana are terrible

Michaelson Gumede Feb 5, 2016 1

Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of Bafana Bafanaâ€™s African Cup of Nations (Afcon) victory in 1996 but MICHAELSON GUMEDE is frustrated by the nostalgia when the reality is so bleak. Mark Williams at the double!! Exactly 20 years…

Features

Why Aubameyang was crowned CAF Player of the year ahead of Yaya Toure

Michaelson Gumede Jan 12, 2016 2

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) held their annual awards ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday night. The event, to recognise and celebrate African football, awarded the most coveted gong of them all - the African Player of the…

Features

UWC use homeground advantage to beat TUT in Varsity Football final

Michaelson Gumede Sep 30, 2015 0

Heritage Day marked the season finale of the third Varsity Football tournament, where first-time finalists, University of the Western Cape (UWC), and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), squared off at the UWC Sports Stadium in…

Voices

Bafana’s latest loss: “They always get us excited for nothing”

Michaelson Gumede Sep 8, 2015 0

Bafana Bafana'sÂ recent loss against Mauritania had South Africans wondering where Mauritania is, where the coach and team went wrong, and what needs to be fixed. MICHAELSON GUMEDE asked fans what they made of the team's most recent…

Opinion

Where Shakes went wrong with Bafana Bafana’s humiliating match against Mauritania

Michaelson Gumede Sep 7, 2015 0

The South African football teamâ€™s African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritania was described as a â€œmust winâ€ by Bafana Bafana head coach Shakes Mashaba but it was nothing short of a national disgrace. MICHAELSON GUMEDE explains…

Features

The PSL transfers that could make all the difference

Michaelson Gumede Aug 28, 2015 0

As soon as the curtain was dropped on the 2014/15 PSL season, football fans turned their attention to the transfer window. MICHAELSON GUMEDE looks at the most notable signings made during the break. Siyanda Xulu Xulu, who left the…

Opinion

Varsity Cup: University of Pretoria guns for a hat-trick

Michaelson Gumede Aug 5, 2015 0

The 2015 edition of the Varsity Cup football competition kicked off on July 20 and MICHAELSON GUMEDE is here to walk you through the tournament and the contenders, starting with title holders the University of Pretoria (UP) who have won the…

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