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

Small towns are missing the chance to change apartheid’s geography

With political will, it can be done

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Opinion | 8 November 2019