Opinion
Open letter to City of Cape Town: Fix our vleis!
“It is common knowledge that there are regular sewerage spills into Zandvlei”
Opinion | 3 August 2021
The Human Rights Commission is wrong: vaccines are not always optional
The Commission is undermining the state’s vaccine programme
Opinion | 29 July 2021
Yes, we can afford a Universal Basic Income Guarantee
It just needs political will
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 28 July 2021
The Covid grant should be R585, so everyone can afford to eat
Black Sash launches a report into the implementation and impact of the Covid-19 SRD Grant
By Theresa Edlmann, Engenas Senona, Erin Torkelson and Wanga Zembe
Opinion | 27 July 2021
Unrest July 2021: Personal notes from a KZN reporter
“On Wednesday night for the first time in days, I went to bed with a little bit of hope”
Opinion | 16 July 2021
There is no right to carry a gun under our Constitution
Yet much debate on the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is based on the “right” to have a gun for self-defence
Opinion | 6 July 2021
Why is the government in such a muddle over vaccination?
Decisions are chaotic and lack transparency
By Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
Opinion | 17 June 2021
Covid-19: one month of discipline could save 20,000 lives
The time for social distancing is right now
By Alex Welte
Opinion | 10 June 2021
It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.”
Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel
Opinion | 8 June 2021