Opinion and Analysis

This water crisis won’t be Cape Town’s last

It’s time to implement long-term strategies in the face of climate change and population growth

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Analysis | 17 February 2017

Why the Life Esidimeni scandal was predictable

Regulation is urgently required

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Opinion | 6 February 2017

Building rules and regulations work against Cape Town’s poor

We must challenge planning and land use management if we want a more equal city

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Opinion | 1 February 2017

Distinguishing bias from bullshit

Two perspectives on fake news

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Opinion | 31 January 2017

TVET student protests are the result of years of neglect

Colleges should not play second fiddle to universities

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Opinion | 30 January 2017

Minister Madikizela prejudges Tafelberg debate

He should recuse himself from decision on affordable housing for Sea Point property

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Opinion | 27 January 2017

SASSA contractor may have to pay back millions of rands

Cash Paymaster Services told to repay profits

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Analysis | 27 January 2017

Noordhoek eco-estates protect the rich from the reality of Masiphumelele

Apartheid geography preserved behind a concern for the environment

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Opinion | 23 January 2017

De Lille’s promise to reverse apartheid design rings hollow

Government has failed to take opportunities to integrate Cape Town

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Opinion | 19 January 2017

National minimum wage: not enough protection for part-time workers

Some of the most vulnerable could be left in the cold

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Opinion | 13 January 2017

National minimum wage: the devil is in the detail

Aspects of the proposal may render a minimum wage ineffective

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Opinion | 14 December 2016

School funding: South Africa can learn from the world

Some countries have managed to improve outcomes for their most disadvantaged learners

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Opinion | 9 December 2016

Ekapa case shows South Africa’s stark inequalities

Mining companies and government move to end livelihoods of thousands of informal miners

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Opinion | 5 December 2016

Community care workers left to fend for themselves again

Workers excluded from proposed minimum wage

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Opinion | 2 December 2016

Hearings on Khoi San Bill held with no translation into Khoi and San languages

Portfolio committee hearings in Northern Cape off to shaky start

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Opinion | 1 December 2016

They evict us and then complain about the homeless

Affordable housing desperately needed

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Opinion | 30 November 2016