The Eastern Cape Department of Education is failing to meet its constitutional duty
By Lucky Mabasa
Analysis | 8 March 2016
New laws fail to ensure equality
By Chuma Himonga and Elena Moore
Analysis | 3 March 2016
No gender equality upon divorce, study finds
By Elena Moore and Chuma Himonga
Analysis | 2 March 2016
Study shows confusion among couples
By Elena Moore and Chuma Himonga
Analysis | 1 March 2016
Social grant increases are below inflation
By Elroy Paulus
Analysis | 25 February 2016
Medical schemes are shirking their responsibilities, possibly because of escalating costs
Analysis | 24 February 2016
Provincial education departments are failing to follow procedures
Analysis | 5 February 2016
Many immigrants are detained arbitrarily
By Prashianne Hansraj and Fundi Moyo
Analysis | 4 February 2016
Or do too many politicians have a vested interest in his continued reign?
Analysis | 25 January 2016
The skyrocketing price of both white and yellow maize during 2015 as well as estimates of only half of the usual crop sizes being planted for the 2016 season raise concerns for food price inflation.
Analysis | 13 January 2016
Equal Education researchers explain what's promising, and what isn't.
By Yeukai Mukorombindo and Gabriel Nahmias
Analysis | 8 January 2016
The plight of the De Waal Drive families threatened with removal by the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements struck a chord with many Capetonians. But the same process is happening, away from public scrutiny, in other parts of the city, writes Daneel Knoetze of Ndifuna Ukwazi.
Analysis | 10 December 2015
At Cosatu’s 12th national congress, delegates resolved to support a call for a national minimum wage of between R4,125 and R5,276 a month. Here is an edited summary of the congress declaration.
Cosatu
Analysis | 2 December 2015
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting a social dialogue between business, labour and other constituencies over setting a national minimum wage (NMW). This is the final installment of a three part series by two University of Cape Town professors.
Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 26 November 2015
On 28 October, University of Cape Town management signed an agreement with NEHAWU (the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union) which commits the university to employ catering, transport, cleaning, security, and maintenance workers who work at UCT but are employed by outside companies. This promise of “insourcing” came in response to longstanding worker demands, and a period of intense protest in which outsourced workers were joined by many students and some UCT staff.
Ben Stanwix
Analysis | 26 November 2015
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting a social dialogue between business, labour and other constituencies over setting a national minimum wage (NMW). This is the second of a three part series by two University of Cape Town professors. Part one looked at South African minimum wage-setting in comparative context. Here they discuss the relationship between minimum wages and employment.
Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 25 November 2015