Opinion

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Women who fought apartheid commend achievements of Fees Must Fall

"We call for a cessation of all hostilities so that we can secure a climate for an inclusive discourse that moves us forward"

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Opinion | 6 November 2016

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Academics and the Fallist movement

The Fallist demands are welcome, but academics who have suspended ethics and criticism hinder those very demands

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Opinion | 4 November 2016

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“The mine has finished him and he can die anytime”

The terrible toll of silicosis on miners’ families

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Opinion | 21 October 2016

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Silicosis case: thousands of women could lose out

Women’s work caring for sick miners is invisible

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Opinion | 20 October 2016

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Effective systemic tests aid quality education

Sadtu's reason for opposing them don't stand scrutiny

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Opinion | 18 October 2016

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Let’s pay tribute to the students of 2016

We owe them an apology, and more than an apology

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Opinion | 17 October 2016

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UCT: the silence of things not being attempted

Wits has chosen "bustle and life, police and protest, over extinction"

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Opinion | 13 October 2016

School students protest in Cape Town

Making sure all our schools have enough teachers

Part 3 in the series: Towards equality in school funding

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Opinion | 10 October 2016

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Wildebeestkuil residents have been waiting 15 years for their land

A stone's throw away but no land in sight

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Opinion | 6 October 2016

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The poll at Wits was meaningless

Rights can't be voted away

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Opinion | 5 October 2016

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UCT academics ask Max Price not to use private security

"The fees announcement by Dr Blade Nzimande ... is a regression on last year's achievement"

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Opinion | 2 October 2016

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Corrupt police and drug dealers - Jo’burg’s criminal ecosystem

Police taking drug money is an open secret

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Opinion | 26 September 2016

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Urgent need for public inquiry into Lily mine disaster

We need to know how it happened to prevent another catastrophe

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Opinion | 26 September 2016

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Student protests are sign of loss of confidence in state

Zuma Administration lacks the moral authority to restore peace to campuses

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Opinion | 25 September 2016

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In Memory of Comrade Nkosi Molala - Honorary President of the Black Consciousness Movement

He refused to be co-opted into a government that oppresses poor people

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Opinion | 22 September 2016

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The displacement phenomenon: Woodstock and Salt River

City’s missed opportunity to ensure inclusive redevelopment

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Opinion | 21 September 2016