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Opinion: Why some huffaz are ostracised by some members of the South African Muslim community - The Daily Vox As Muslims around the world find themselves in the blessed month of Ramadan, it’s heart-warming to see this spirit in Muslim communities, homes, and mosques. Ramadan is considered to be the holiest month by Muslims around the world. It’s a month wherein fasting from dawn to dusk, reciting the Qu...

Part 3/3 of important information around university registration

Part 2/3 of important information around university registration

part 1/3 of information around university registration (full piece can be found on our website)

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Top of the Vox: Important university registration dates Hi     Yesterday the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results were announced. This morning thousands of students who sat for the NSC in 2022 will be opening the newspapers and report cards to see how they fared. It is important to note that a lot of caution should be used when analysing the resu...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning This week brings to end the series of Universal Basic Income Grant factsheets put together by the Institute for Economic Justice available first on The Daily Vox website. All seven factsheets are available to read and download for future reading. The factsheets outline everything you need to know ab...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning Most South Africans probably went to sleep on Thursday night probably wondering if they will wake up to a new president or no president at all. But that wasn't the case. In the movie that is South Africa, things move really fast or really slow. But after the release of the Section 89 report on Wedne...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning This past weekend the 2022 World Cup kicked off in Qatar with fanfare. But most of the action around the World Cup has been taking place off the field with many calling on the tournament to be boycotted due to the human rights violations, bad labour practises and anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and cultures....

7 non-fiction book releases to add to your TBR - The Daily Vox As the year draws to a close, readers can usually expect the release of some really great non-fiction books. That’s definitely the situation with South African publishing. There have been a number of books released dealing with varying but all equally interesting topics. The Daily Vox team rounds ...

Children’s mental health is important for their present and future - The Daily Vox Globally October 10 is marked as World Mental Health Day. It’s a day meant to raise awareness around issues related to mental health. The theme of the 2022 World Mental Health Day was 'Make mental health for all a global priority”. Part of making it a global priority means focusing on the most v...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning This week, the 184 page report into Allegations of Racism at Stellenbosch University was released. This independent commission was set up by the university management in response to two allegedly racist incidents that happened earlier in the year. The report found that while the university has good....

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning This week we're chatting all things podcasts. While listening to podcasts might not be for everyone, there is no denying that they are growing in popularity especially in South Africa and around the continent. Recently Spotify awarded 13 podcasts the Africa Podcast Fund. Through this initiative, the...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning From November 6 to 18, governments, organisations and individuals will all be gathering in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27. It's meant to pave the way for future ambitions to effectively tackle the global challenge o...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning October 14, 2022 marked seven years since the beginning of the 2015 Fees Must Fall protests and movement by extension. While the protests formally started at the University of Witwatersrand, the movement as a whole amplified issues around student funding, decolonisation and outsourcing that had been...

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In Photos: Annual mental health walk happens on Durban beachfront - The Daily Vox On October 9 - a day before World Mental Health Day - a couple hundred people gathered on the Durban beachfront for the seventh annual KZN Mental Health Advocacy Walk. This was to help destigmatise mental illness and call for improved access to services in KwaZulu Natal. The annual walk was started....

[READ] On October 14 in 2015, the protests started leading to the mass movement around the country. Here's how it happened from our archives

#FeesMustFall 2015 as it happened from The Daily Vox's archives - The Daily Vox October 14, 2022 marked seven years since the beginning of the 2015 Fees Must Fall protests and movement by extension. While the protests formally started at the University of Witwatersrand, the issues raised around student funding, decolonisation and outsourcing were issues that had been happening....

One of the main attractions at Comic Con Africa was the Artists Alley where animators, illustrators and comic book artists had a chance to display their work. The Daily Vox team chatted with a few about how they got their start

https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/part-one-illustrators-and-animators-on-how-they-got-into-the-field/
https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/part-2-we-chatted-with-illustrators-and-animators-at-comic-con-africa/

Part One: Illustrators and Animators on how they got into the field - The Daily Vox Part of the features at Comic Con Africa was the Artists Alley where animators, illustrators and comic book artists had a chance to display their work. The Daily Vox team chatted with a few about how they got their start. Check out part one below.

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning Today we have an interesting opinion piece about what the government should be doing if they truly want to close down the digital divide in South African school. We know that COVID only exacerbated the already huge divide that existed. Many schools were forced to suspend learning entirely because st...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning Comic Con Africa kicked off on September 22. The fan festival returned after a two-year Covid pandemic hiatus. It was clear to see that fans were missing the con. We attended the first day of Comic Con and took some pictures of the day's action from the international guest panels to the fun fan stuf...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning In South Africa, xenophobia is something that is always present. Even when there are no big xenophobic incidents, it remains an ugly embedded part of society. One of those ways is through the language used. From politicians to government officials to the private sector and even the person on the str...

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Top of the Vox: Good Morning This week, an report was released by the Stop Stock-outs Project. The report based on the project's research found that the biggest medicine stock-out facing public health facilities at the moment relates to contraceptive access. In case you were wondering what is a stock-out, this is when there is....