Opinion

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

How can a parking lot that is empty for 18 hours a day be a better land use than a home?

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Opinion | 12 March 2018

Cape Town is using aquifers responsibly

Groundwater abstraction based on a “no regrets” approach

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Opinion | 9 March 2018

State surveillance a threat to journalism

Laws are being abused by corrupt state officials to spy on reporters for doing their jobs

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Opinion | 9 March 2018

Dire need for housing is South Africa’s biggest challenge

We are on track to exceed our targets for the delivery of houses in Cape Town for the current financial year

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Opinion | 8 March 2018

Why we woke up Brett Herron at 5am with koesiesters

People evicted from their homes cannot be dumped in Blikkiesdorp or Wolwerivier

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Opinion | 7 March 2018

Rush to drill for water threatens our future water supply

Extracting water from the Table Mountain Group aquifer threatens biodiversity and makes little difference to Day Zero

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Opinion | 28 February 2018

Want to curb abalone poaching? Treat the cause

Drone video that showed poachers being caught misses the point

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Opinion | 28 February 2018

Stop the drought conspiracy theories

Hateful messages by ideologues can harm Jewish-Muslim relations

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Opinion | 26 February 2018

How we’re fighting antimicrobial resistance in South Africa

Urgent work needed to end this public health crisis

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Opinion | 23 February 2018