Opinion and Analysis

Municipalities must play their role in early childhood development

Local governments can change the policies that are hampering the development of South Africa’s children

By Tshepo Mantjé

Opinion | 10 October 2022

These graphs show PRASA’s disastrous state

No trains, no hope? We show just how bad things are at PRASA.

By James Stent

Analysis | 21 September 2022

New copyright bill will take South Africa into the 21st century at last

The bill will give South African artists and creators benefits and rights already enjoyed in many countries

By Denise Rosemary Nicholson

Opinion | 15 September 2022

Housing: let’s scrap the mythical “housing lists”

We need a different approach to land rights

By Adi Kumar

Opinion | 13 September 2022

Black Sash calls for urgent action to fix child hunger

More than ever, we need a Universal Basic Income Grant

By Amanda Rinquest

Opinion | 12 September 2022

It’s time to flip the housing delivery model on its head

The future of affordable housing is about the enabling state

By Geordin Hill-Lewis

Opinion | 12 September 2022

Exploitation of car guards cannot continue unchallenged

“Nobody pays to work, yet if I do not pay to work, they will just get the next person”

By John Foster, Mihalis Chasomeris and Derick Blaauw

Opinion | 7 September 2022

Debunking the myth that Africa responded well to Covid

We should not let governments that failed to even count their dead off the hook

By Nathan Geffen and Francois Venter

Analysis | 5 September 2022

“I don’t want to die poor”

Young people in Calitzdorp battle to break down apartheid’s barriers

By Jacob Cloete

Opinion | 25 August 2022

PRASA whistleblower speaks out

It’s not just the masters of corruption that need to be brought to justice but the consultants and bureaucrats who helped them

By Martha Ngoye

Opinion | 23 August 2022

Are judges crossing the line when they speak out?

Some are perilously close to breaking the Code of Judicial Conduct

By Alison Tilley and Vuyani Ndzishe

Opinion | 10 August 2022

Parks for the people: everyone needs green spaces

Urban South Africans use what little green space is available to them very creatively, and deserve more support

By Peta Brom, Ida Breed, Kristine Engermann-Jensen, Titilope Onaolapo and Maya Pasgaard

Opinion | 25 July 2022

Increased housing subsidy will result in more informal settlements

By not increasing the overall housing budget, fewer people will be getting formal houses from government

By Ronald Eglin

Opinion | 8 July 2022

Why I donate money to Ukraine

South Africa’s failure to support the United Nations resolution calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine was a low-point in our foreign policy.

By Nathan Geffen

Opinion | 1 July 2022

Endless court postponements deny justice to poor people

Trial of protesters arrested in Lenasia drags on for six years and counting

By Sithuthukile Mkhize and Thandeka Kathi

Opinion | 29 June 2022

How the JSC failed our judges – and the public

“No possible excuse for why the JSC has taken nearly two years for the Makhubele Tribunal kick off” says Judges Matter

By Alison Tilley and Mbekezeli Benjamin

Opinion | 15 June 2022