Opinion and Analysis

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Too much of a good thing: private doctors often take risks with pain medicines

While the public system suffers from too few resources, private doctors often give patients more medication than is safe

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Opinion | 21 October 2026

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Communities caught between floods and dry taps

Climate change is making municipal water failures worse

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Opinion | 8 October 2026

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Anti-terror laws risk making life hard for civil society

Anti-money laundering Bill may fail the international test it was written to pass

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Opinion | 7 October 2026

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Airbnb by-law doesn’t do enough to address Cape Town’s housing crisis

Only primary residences should be allowed on Airbnb

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Opinion | 1 October 2026

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Three years of silence on state land. Communities pay the cost

Government asked communities applying for land to follow the rules. Then it went silent.

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Opinion | 18 September 2026

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Beware of populist leaders, warns judge

Justice Azhar Cachalia makes a clarion call for the rule of law underpinned by universal human rights and an independent judiciary

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Opinion | 17 September 2026

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Why COSATU’s congress collapsed

For the first time in its 40 year history, SA’s biggest union gathering did not reach quorum

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Analysis | 17 September 2026

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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