Opinion and Analysis
How business can help end homelessness
Homelessness is a shared, fixable problem
By Leanne Porter and Jesse Laitinen
Opinion | 10 October 2024
Heroin use has spread as prices plummet
South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role
Analysis | 9 October 2024
New blasting limits set for mines - at last
Chief Inspector of Mines publishes South Africa’s first mine blasting standards
Opinion | 8 October 2024
The fate of the GNU will depend on what it does to fix collapsing municipalities
The Government of National Unity offers an opportunity to take practical steps
By Tsireletso Mokoaqo and Rientile Mdaka
Opinion | 3 October 2024
Access to information: Public institutions are flouting the law
Only 20% of municipalities met their obligations to report to the Information Regulator
Opinion | 1 October 2024
Joburg’s temporary emergency accommodation policy a misstep
The housing crisis needs to be addressed with long-term, stable, sustainable housing alternatives
By Thandeka Kathi and Thuto Gabaphethe
Opinion | 30 September 2024
Why the Woolies boss was paid 1,300 times as much as a shopfloor worker
Report by Just Share exposes pay gaps in the retail and wholesale sector
By Ann Crotty
Analysis | 18 September 2024
Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood
A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster
By Brian Adams and David Neves
Opinion | 20 August 2024
My three-month battle with the Unemployment Insurance Fund
Appeal to the new Minister of Labour to fix the problems with the fund
Opinion | 15 August 2024