Opinion and Analysis
Covid-19: Open Letter to Minister Angie Motshekga
Ten suggestions for the Minister of Basic Education to assist school children and teachers during and after the lockdown
Opinion | 14 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown threatens women farm workers’ access to food
“We are going to starve” says seasonal worker in De Doorns
Opinion | 14 April 2020
Covid-19 and women: This is what government needs to do
National response needs to be gender sensitive and pro-poor
Opinion | 7 April 2020
Police kill three people in three days of lockdown. This is normal for South Africa
Lockdown exposes police brutality that has always been widespread and routine
Analysis | 1 April 2020
Covid-19: What happens after the lockdown?
The epidemic won’t disappear by 17 April. We have merely bought three weeks breathing space to plan for the future
By Alex Welte
Opinion | 31 March 2020
Covid-19: 76 economists say government can do more to protect the economy
Open letter to President Ramaphosa and the Cabinet from South African economists, economic and business analysts
Opinion | 30 March 2020
Covid-19: Open letter to President Ramaphosa
Coalition of unions, co-ops and other organisations demand protection for precarious workers
Opinion | 24 March 2020
Our prisons are failing. They need to become correctional facilities
Our policies have become more punitive, yet our crime rate continues going up
Opinion | 3 March 2020
IPID should focus on worst criminal cops, says expert report
By its own admission, the police watchdog does not have the resources to properly investigate all the cases in its workload
Analysis | 25 February 2020