Opinion

Why more criminalising of hate speech is a bad idea

Criminalisation of hate speech in otherwise good draft bill provides a space for right-wing to rally around

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Opinion | 13 June 2017

Helen Zille responds to Sheila Madikane’s open letter

“We regard the provision of more affordable housing on well-located land a top priority for our government”

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Opinion | 22 May 2017

Why protests become violent

And how to prevent that from happening

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Opinion | 19 May 2017

The moral dilemmas of embedded journalism

I was excited to go on a police ride-along but by the end of it I wondered if I’d compromised my ethics

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Opinion | 18 May 2017

An open letter to Premier Helen Zille

Domestic workers’ struggle for housing, not a hidden agenda, is behind the campaign for Tafelberg

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Opinion | 18 May 2017

UCT and art: an exchange between Max Price and Belinda Bozzoli

Debate follows release of list of artworks removed from university

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Opinion | 9 May 2017

No respect for learners in farm schools

Fate of historic Grootkraal school hangs in the balance

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Opinion | 4 May 2017

Scientific journal threatened by vested interests

Article critical of corporate-funded research retracted

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Opinion | 3 May 2017

The case for public school partnerships

“If we can’t find ways to make public schools as attractive as private schools, they will become increasingly stigmatised as places where only poor kids go.”

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Opinion | 24 April 2017