Opinion

Covid-19: 76 economists say government can do more to protect the economy

Open letter to President Ramaphosa and the Cabinet from South African economists, economic and business analysts

Opinion | 30 March 2020

Covid-19: Open letter to President Ramaphosa

Coalition of unions, co-ops and other organisations demand protection for precarious workers

Opinion | 24 March 2020

Our prisons are failing. They need to become correctional facilities

Our policies have become more punitive, yet our crime rate continues going up

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Opinion | 3 March 2020

Ramaphosa should declare passenger rail a national disaster

Six actions that would help fix our rail system

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Opinion | 19 February 2020

Informal settlements can be better planned

Re-blocking by NGOs is very different from “super-blocking” by local governments, argues Professor Steven Robins

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Opinion | 12 February 2020

Why Makhanda residents are taking their municipality to court

Sewage spills are an environmental and health crisis

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Opinion | 24 January 2020

Government must do more than talk about the water crisis

The solution for the Sekhukhune District Municipality’s waterless villages is obvious

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Opinion | 5 December 2019

How we internalise stigma and shame

Biko’s legacy can help us recognise the invader within

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Opinion | 4 December 2019

Lotteries Commission is trying to sell you horse manure

COO Phillemon Letwaba has been unable to explain the numerous anomalies in the funding of Lesley Ramulifho’s projects

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Opinion | 23 October 2019

How inclusionary housing can make Cape Town a better place

A well-designed policy could change the face of the city

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Opinion | 15 October 2019

Minibus taxis: time to form cooperatives?

Cooperatives could unlock state subsidies for an industry which transports 16 million people a year

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Opinion | 11 October 2019

Attacks on foreign nationals may constitute terrorism

Let’s call them what they are so that we can start to heal

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Opinion | 13 September 2019

Incarcerated women tell NGO they are desperate for help

Conditions for women in prisons neglected during Women’s Month, says health and human rights organisation

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Opinion | 30 August 2019

King Zwelithini’s trust keeps people poor

Ingonyama Trust denies customary ownership rights to people living on its land

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Opinion | 29 August 2019