Opinion and Analysis

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Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Four victories for Fossil Ad Ban campaign

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Opinion | 10 September 2026

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Informal settlements are here to stay. Let’s upgrade them

Upgrading informal settlements is a cheaper and more effective way to improve lives

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Opinion | 7 September 2026

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11 years, R6-billion later: Parliament must hold hearings on state capture at PRASA

A decade of letters, reports, submissions, protests, civil disobedience and court actions by #UniteBehind — it’s time for SCOPA to do its job

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Opinion | 7 September 2026

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AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Power-hungry hyperscale data centres could lock us into fossil fuel dependence, says Open Secrets

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Opinion | 2 September 2026

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South Africa needs data centres, but not without transparency

Article One and the Centre for Human Rights have asked the Human Rights Commission to recommend a pause on huge new projects

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Opinion | 4 August 2026

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State spent R600m to contain 30 June xenophobic action - law enforcement could have prevented it

Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia is taking the state to court

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Opinion | 30 July 2026

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Xenophobia: what the government should have done - and can still do

State response to the covid emergency was much better

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Opinion | 21 July 2026

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New electricity price hikes push families deeper into the dark

The problem now is not load shedding but price

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Opinion | 2 July 2026

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How to fix government’s websites

This is an opportunity for Minister Solly Malatsi to show leadership (part 4 of 4)

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Analysis | 17 June 2026