Opinion

Does the SJC understand Cape Town’s budget? You be the judge

Response to City's claim that activists don't understand the budget

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Opinion | 24 May 2016

Colour does not explain today’s South Africa

Black lives are still cheap even though most political leaders and many wealthy business people are black

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Opinion | 20 May 2016

Whites should admit they gained from a monstrous system

The privileged could show a little humility

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Opinion | 19 May 2016

Mbeki is wrong on land claims

There are many reasons why claimants opt for cash instead of land

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Opinion | 18 May 2016

Marx and the search for alternatives

Economic crisis prompts new interest in Marxism

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Opinion | 18 May 2016

A confusion of unions

Talk is of unity, but actions are divisive

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Opinion | 11 May 2016

Response to Terry Bell on John Harris

Terry Bell's obituary for Ann Harris also dealt, in brief, with the bombing of Johannesburg station by her husband John Harris in 1964, and his subsequent torture and execution. Maritz van den Berg asked GroundUp to publish the letter below in response to Bell's article.

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

Rural South Africa is on a Precipice

Countryside sliding into ever more violent confrontations

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

We’re trying to improve Observatory

A response to Koketso Moeti

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Opinion | 18 April 2016