Opinion and Analysis

What happens when customary marriage goes wrong?

No gender equality upon divorce, study finds

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Analysis | 2 March 2016

Customary marriage: is the law working?

Study shows confusion among couples

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Analysis | 1 March 2016

Gordhan versus the unions versus the rating agencies

Despite murmurs of support there are signs that unions are unhappy with the budget

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Opinion | 28 February 2016

Budget: Pensioners and children will be poorer

Social grant increases are below inflation

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Analysis | 25 February 2016

Inquiry shows all is not well in private health care

Medical schemes are shirking their responsibilities, possibly because of escalating costs

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Analysis | 24 February 2016

How trade unions reacted to the Sona

Much point-scoring with the one good proposal lost in the noise

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Opinion | 22 February 2016

Community voices muted at Alternative Mining Indaba

By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by mining are being marginalised

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Opinion | 18 February 2016

Minimum wages: too high will hurt poor people

At Cosatu's demand of R4,500 per month, we risk increasing unemployment

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

Zuma's national minimum wage "own goal"

President is placating business and wavering on policy

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

Unions justified to demand double digit pay increases

But is the labour movement sufficiently united, independent and democratic to defend workers?

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Opinion | 8 February 2016

Government needs to consult properly before closing schools

Provincial education departments are failing to follow procedures

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Analysis | 5 February 2016

When can the police detain you for not showing documents?

Many immigrants are detained arbitrarily

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Analysis | 4 February 2016

Vodacom and MTN: hands off WhatsApp and Skype

Companies want to restrict our access to new data services because they're harder to spy on

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Opinion | 3 February 2016

Mbeki’s reputation is not in tatters because he was aloof

It's because his policies caused hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths

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Opinion | 1 February 2016

World leaders fail to face our biggest economic crisis

No change in mindset at World Economic Forum in Davos means job losses will continue

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Opinion | 1 February 2016

How a rural hospital has become a model of good care

If all hospitals were like this we could implement National Health Insurance tomorrow

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Opinion | 28 January 2016