Opinion and Analysis

Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

Comment on the proposed Faure New Water Scheme closes on 17 April

Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street

People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions

South Africa could do far more for Congolese refugees

The long war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced millions of people

Tariffs: Trump is punishing poor countries which export more to the US than they import

People in developing countries will lose jobs and poverty will rise

SA has world class medical researchers – they can and should be bailed out

Courts are being used to silence journalists and activists

Companies and officials are using legal measures meant for domestic violence victims to gag reporters

JSC must urgently fill vacant posts and hold judges to account

This week the Judicial Services Commission will hold interviews for judges and decide on two important disciplinary matters

Former Woodstock Hospital can be developed without displacing its occupiers

City of Cape Town should work with and not against the building’s residents, say urban researchers

South Africa’s penguins are worth billions, experts say

Island closures are painted as an economic cost to the fishing industry, but losing African Penguins will cost us dearly

Here’s how we can move to renewable energy in a just way

Mining companies could fulfil their social obligations by investing in these projects

We cannot afford to scrap R10-billion budget for Early Childhood Development

February’s postponed budget speech would have announced increased ECD subsidies

How gun control can save women’s lives

Poor enforcement of gun control measures and increasing firearm ownership correlate directly with more women dying

Our HIV response will collapse without US funding - unless we act urgently

Reassurances that state clinics will pick up the lost services are empty

The Expropriation Act: We are focusing on the wrong questions

The shrill debate is a distraction from the real issue

US-funded programmes in South Africa benefit the US too

The world class research conducted in SA is vital for everyone

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy