Opinion and Analysis
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
Opinion | 28 February 2018
Want to curb abalone poaching? Treat the cause
Drone video that showed poachers being caught misses the point
Opinion | 28 February 2018
Stop the drought conspiracy theories
Hateful messages by ideologues can harm Jewish-Muslim relations
Opinion | 26 February 2018
How we’re fighting antimicrobial resistance in South Africa
Urgent work needed to end this public health crisis
By Heidi Albert
Opinion | 23 February 2018
Abortions: women don’t know where to go
Right to terminate pregnancy is limited by poor information
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
By Piotr Wolski
Analysis | 22 January 2018
Facts and myths about Cape Town’s water crisis
As Day Zero approaches, nonsense is being spread
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?
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
Analysis | 13 December 2017