Opinion

Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality

The solution to housing affordability is to increase supply by building more housing

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Opinion | 1 December 2025

Criminal courts in Cape Town are near to collapse

We need a total revamp of the criminal justice system

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Opinion | 20 November 2025

Child literacy: we can change how the story ends

The Funda Uphumelele National Survey shows us what must be done

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Opinion | 19 November 2025

We’re taking government to court for failing to provide clean water

Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution

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Opinion | 18 November 2025

Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it

Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households

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Opinion | 17 November 2025

All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind

South Africa has still not ratified the Marrakesh Treaty it adopted in 2013

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Opinion | 17 November 2025

Women in informal settlements are often silenced

They are systematically excluded from participating in local political life

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Opinion | 13 November 2025

The debt trap and how to get out of it

There are institutions which can help if you’re in debt

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Opinion | 17 October 2025

Queue, the beloved country

We have come to accept that we must queue for hours for every public service - but it’s not normal

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Opinion | 6 October 2025