Analysis
The human cost of South Africa’s unsecured lending explosion
There are examples in the world of responsible lending to poor people, but not here
By Malcolm Rees
Analysis | 13 February 2020
Are our matric results really improving?
A close look at the statistics raises troubling questions
By Kirsten Pearson and Steve Kretzmann
Analysis | 22 January 2020
Is the National Lotteries Commission countering media exposés with advertising?
It has massively increased spending on advertorials over the past few years
Analysis | 17 December 2019
PRASA attempts to hire Eskom’s security
Investigators have already found irregularities involving some of the companies
By James Stent
Analysis | 27 November 2019
Fierce battle over future of landmark Cape Town site
Developers and government manoeuvre to realise ten-storey buildings at River Club, while Khoi organisations fight for land they say is sacred
Analysis | 27 November 2019
Battle to recover R42 billion in unclaimed pension money
Plans to march to Parliament
By Ciaran Ryan
Analysis | 19 November 2019
Cape Town’s battle for spatial justice
There is a disconnect between what the City says and what it does when it comes to housing, development, and urban planning.
Analysis | 31 October 2019
The chief, the mines and the lost Bakgatla billions
Painstaking work of Baloyi Commission may come to nothing
Analysis | 25 October 2019
Mkhwebane’s report on PRASA is flawed
Public Protector has submitted unfinished homework
By James Stent
Analysis | 11 September 2019