Opinion and Analysis

Expropriation Bill: we can learn from the African Commission

Bill could be a turning point in land reform

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Opinion | 22 June 2016

Fire fighting should never be privatised

Lessons to be learned from the strike in Canada

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Opinion | 20 June 2016

Experts caution government over new housing mega-projects

The Department of Human Settlements has announced a change in focus, but experts say it may not be the best way to deal with the housing crisis

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Analysis | 14 June 2016

City discriminates against working class residents

Yet again, Cape Town’s R41 billion budget passage ignored thousands of submissions

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Opinion | 13 June 2016

Why Tafelberg sale should proceed

School purchase "is intended for the benefit of the entire community"

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Opinion | 9 June 2016

Letter from Zackie Achmat to Premier Helen Zille

“If you commit to building affordable housing you will be addressing our resistance with humility and as a leader”

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Opinion | 9 June 2016

UCT doctors join campaign for Tafelberg housing

Open letter to Premier Helen Zille

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Opinion | 8 June 2016

Sadtu denial gives ammunition to union bashers

Deeper investigation into "posts for sale" scandal needed

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Opinion | 6 June 2016

Why we need more black writing

The challenge is to build a humanist tradition

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Opinion | 2 June 2016

Both black and white elite must be held to account

While the elites debate race, poverty and inequality persist

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Opinion | 2 June 2016

“Jacky” and her pop-up pavement shop

Homeless woman's new business venture

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Opinion | 31 May 2016

Turn Tafelberg into affordable housing, pleads novelist

"To sell off the Tafelberg land is to discard the opportunity to plan for a city that is built on integration, compassion, trust and justice."

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Opinion | 30 May 2016

Complementary medicine companies are destroying consumer protection

Series of court actions aimed at Advertising Standards Authority

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Opinion | 30 May 2016

On denialism: the journey of Patricia de Lille

Mayor has chosen expediency over justice

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Opinion | 26 May 2016