Opinion

Why Woodstock needs affordable housing

Affordable housing is necessary. Let’s work together to make it a success

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Opinion | 20 November 2017

How two teachers helped George Bizos become a lawyer

A story for his 90th birthday

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Opinion | 14 November 2017

Affordable housing in Cape Town: are we being fooled?

Rush to build it all in Woodstock and Salt River

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Opinion | 9 November 2017

Children with disabilities battle to get to school

Court application to force authorities to provide transport

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Opinion | 7 November 2017

Why communities have gone to court over the Mining Charter

“Nothing about us without us”

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Opinion | 2 November 2017

City takes lead on land but Province is left behind

Nothing stands in Premier Helen Zille’s way except her own political will

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Opinion | 6 October 2017

An open letter to the authorities about Marikana

We need urgent and integrated action

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Opinion | 4 October 2017

Bearing Witness: Why it is worth seeing Masixole Feni’s photography

A Drain on our Dignity provides a visual slice through townships of Cape Town

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Opinion | 22 September 2017

Premier Zille’s childhood toilets not comparable to informal settlements

She has once more shown a lack of understanding of the lives of black people

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Opinion | 8 September 2017

Time to toughen up the sexual harassment act

Sexual harassment should be criminalised, argues the author.

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Opinion | 30 August 2017

All talk and no action when it comes to violence against women

There are practical steps government should take if it is serious

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Opinion | 9 August 2017

Why I am marching today with #UniteBehind against Zuma

A veteran activist explains why she’s protesting with civil society rather than with political parties

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Opinion | 7 August 2017

How to fix the academic peer review system

And the crux of the solution is that a hundred thousand journals need to die

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Opinion | 3 August 2017

Parliament can help blind people access books

Only the publishing industry stands in the way

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Opinion | 2 August 2017

Join us on the People’s March on 7 August

Ending Zuma’s corruption is a prerequisite to achieving social justice

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Opinion | 1 August 2017

Takedown of Black Opinion website exposes poor SA internet law

Internet Service Providers should not have to decide which websites are kosher

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Opinion | 18 July 2017