Opinion and Analysis
Open letter to City of Cape Town: Fix our vleis!
“It is common knowledge that there are regular sewerage spills into Zandvlei”
Opinion | 3 August 2021
Cape Town has reached Transport Day Zero. This is why
Lack of political leadership at all tiers of government and a failure to implement transport planning policy are to blame
By Steve Kretzmann and Peter Luhanga
Analysis | 29 July 2021
The Human Rights Commission is wrong: vaccines are not always optional
The Commission is undermining the state’s vaccine programme
Opinion | 29 July 2021
Yes, we can afford a Universal Basic Income Guarantee
It just needs political will
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 28 July 2021
The Covid grant should be R585, so everyone can afford to eat
Black Sash launches a report into the implementation and impact of the Covid-19 SRD Grant
By Theresa Edlmann, Engenas Senona, Erin Torkelson and Wanga Zembe
Opinion | 27 July 2021
Covid-19 vaccines: Current challenge is not supply but using the available vaccines
The government’s plan requires vaccinating one million people per week, but it has only fully vaccinated 1.4 million people in nine weeks.
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 22 July 2021
Unrest July 2021: Personal notes from a KZN reporter
“On Wednesday night for the first time in days, I went to bed with a little bit of hope”
Opinion | 16 July 2021
There is no right to carry a gun under our Constitution
Yet much debate on the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is based on the “right” to have a gun for self-defence
Opinion | 6 July 2021
We shouldn’t shift vaccines away from the elderly
Less than 40% of people over 60 have been vaccinated
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 30 June 2021