Opinion and Analysis

Why we woke up Brett Herron at 5am with koesiesters

People evicted from their homes cannot be dumped in Blikkiesdorp or Wolwerivier

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Opinion | 7 March 2018

Rush to drill for water threatens our future water supply

Extracting water from the Table Mountain Group aquifer threatens biodiversity and makes little difference to Day Zero

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Opinion | 28 February 2018

Want to curb abalone poaching? Treat the cause

Drone video that showed poachers being caught misses the point

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Opinion | 28 February 2018

Stop the drought conspiracy theories

Hateful messages by ideologues can harm Jewish-Muslim relations

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Opinion | 26 February 2018

How we’re fighting antimicrobial resistance in South Africa

Urgent work needed to end this public health crisis

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Opinion | 23 February 2018

Abortions: women don’t know where to go

Right to terminate pregnancy is limited by poor information

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Opinion | 29 January 2018

How severe is the drought? An analysis of the latest data

Facts are few, opinions plenty, on the cause of the water crisis

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Analysis | 22 January 2018

Facts and myths about Cape Town’s water crisis

As Day Zero approaches, nonsense is being spread

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Analysis | 18 January 2018

Here’s how unfairly police are distributed

Suburbs like Sea Point, Claremont and Camps Bay have far more officers per resident than Nyanga. Why?

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Analysis | 17 January 2018

South Africa’s HIV treatment programme: a phoenix rising from the ashes?

Over 4 million people are on treatment but the programme may be stuttering

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Analysis | 13 December 2017

The terrible price of PRASA’s negligence and corruption

Officials flout the law on train safety

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Opinion | 8 December 2017

Drought: Has Cape Town planned properly for Day Zero?

There are several unanswered questions

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Analysis | 6 December 2017

Social grants falling as share of state expenditure

Yet percentage of people living in poverty has grown

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor

“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

At last, some hope for injured workers

Compensation Fund starts to work properly again

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Analysis | 28 November 2017

Why Woodstock needs affordable housing

Affordable housing is necessary. Let’s work together to make it a success

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Opinion | 20 November 2017