Opinion

South African law is failing gig workers

These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily

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Opinion | 10 June 2025

How history of “Kill the Boer” has been distorted

Nationalists on both sides of South Africa’s main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means

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Opinion | 2 June 2025

Open letter to Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers

Because we can’t make sense of them

Anna Grimsrud, Sibongile Tshabalala-Madhlala, and CHANGE South Africa

Opinion | 21 May 2025

Mediation will unclog court backlog

There are far too many cases in which the litigants don’t know what they want the judge to decide

Judge Stuart Wilson

Opinion | 17 May 2025

Mining companies are breaking their promises - and the state is doing nothing about it

MACUA report finds mining companies are not sticking to their Social and Labour Plans

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Opinion | 15 May 2025

Trump’s great talent: Diversion

The Afrikaner refugee spectacle is so much more entertaining than AIDS and Israel

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Opinion | 14 May 2025

Workers’ Day: have trade unions lost their way?

Remembering the heritage of the Haymarket Martyrs

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Opinion | 1 May 2025

Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street

People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions

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Opinion | 15 April 2025