Opinion

Solitary confinement is illegal. So why is it happening in South African prisons?

Silence on far-reaching changes in housing delivery during SONA

Government is shifting to a site-and-service model rather than building houses

POPI Act: confessions of a convert

This new law will ensure that information about us is kept where it belongs but it is being widely misinterpreted

Health policy has become a confused mess

The health department has withdrawn welcome changes to isolation, quarantine and contact tracing policies

We should not let people suffer and die alone in hospital

Restrictive hospital visitor policies don’t make sense anymore

Ventilation is key to controlling Covid

We need a national project to improve the air we breathe in buildings and vehicles

Booster vaccines must be offered to older people immediately

The six month gap is too long. It should be reduced to four.

Drugs are not the problem. The way we think about them is

We need to solve the social issues that make drug use a solution

Universal social security is now a matter of urgency

Government must implement a policy for either a basic income grant or a grant for unemployed people