Analysis

Google and Facebook are killing local news

No sign of accountability for Thabo Bester’s escape

Eight months since the highly publicised Parliamentary hearing, little action has been taken by Parliament or Correctional Services

Learning from Israel’s past Gaza Strip invasions

“A political resolution that addresses the roots of the conflict is the only way to defend Israel’s borders and citizens” writes a former Israeli soldier

Housing in South Africa: How have we done since 1994?

We’ve made progress but the quality of the data is poor, especially the latest census

RICA bill misses the chance for real reform

As Concourt deadline approaches, there are still too many loopholes in the law that allow privacy rights to be infringed

Analysis: The troubled history of Mangaung prison

The high-security prison is in the spotlight again after the suicide of an inmate this week

We are woefully short of judges

The government needs to act quickly and provide more money to recruit more judges

Who will be our next Public Protector? Here are the candidates

At least one may face conflicts of interest, a Corruption Watch study shows

How will next year’s elections work? It’s confusing

The Electoral Amendment Bill has serious flaws

Will a State of Disaster fix the electricity crisis? An engineer weighs in

There are good reasons to be sceptical

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here’s why

Rising costs and stagnant grants imperil the only government-backed effort to undo apartheid spatial planning

Youth organisation scored big time from Lottery amendment for which it lobbied

Southern African Youth Movement picked up millions, thanks to the introduction of a new kind of funding

Understanding Eskom’s high failure rate

Researchers have identified the underlying causes

GroundUp sued by Iqbal Survé … but for only R5-million

Independent Newspapers has a litigation fixation

These graphs show PRASA’s disastrous state

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

Debunking the myth that Africa responded well to Covid

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