Opinion and Analysis

Ten years later, still no action on Hlophe complaint

Accusation that Western Cape Judge President tried to intervene in favour of Jacob Zuma has still not been dealt with

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Analysis | 6 September 2019

Incarcerated women tell NGO they are desperate for help

Conditions for women in prisons neglected during Women’s Month, says health and human rights organisation

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Opinion | 30 August 2019

King Zwelithini’s trust keeps people poor

Ingonyama Trust denies customary ownership rights to people living on its land

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Opinion | 29 August 2019

Women are being evicted from shelters onto the street

Victims of violence are rendered homeless or forced to return to abusive homes

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Opinion | 20 August 2019

EFF’s sinister sudden interest in PRASA

Party questions corruption investigation instead of corruption itself

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Analysis | 14 August 2019

No country for old spies

Take Jacob Zuma’s testimony for what it is – the rambling of a troubled mind

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Opinion | 17 July 2019

Farm workers, let down by politicians, face new threats to their security

Their situation can be improved but is there the political will?

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Opinion | 17 July 2019

Courts should not refuse bail to immigrants without good reason

Being foreign does not justify a refusal of bail

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Opinion | 26 June 2019

The right to die with dignity

We need to change our law

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Opinion | 19 June 2019

Victory for children’s rights in the Western Cape

Commissioner for Children to be appointed

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Opinion | 11 June 2019

How Wynberg court is evading public scrutiny

Magistrates are ignoring Constitutional Court judgment

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Opinion | 10 June 2019

Police are making arbitrary arrests at protests

Spurious charges are time-consuming and costly, and undermine the right to protest

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Opinion | 30 May 2019

One door of learning has opened, but the others are still firmly shut

Unless we fix the school system, the gains won by the #Feesmustfall campaign will mean very little

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Opinion | 21 May 2019

Informal settlements need better rubbish collection

Reform of the system is necessary to “keep Cape Town clean”

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Analysis | 15 May 2019

Political donations: the silence of the developers

Most fail to answer questions sent by the Observatory Civic Association

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Opinion | 6 May 2019