Opinion

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Lion of Africa case shows that children’s grants must be protected

Settlement last month was momentous

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Opinion | 7 June 2016

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Sadtu denial gives ammunition to union bashers

Deeper investigation into "posts for sale" scandal needed

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Opinion | 6 June 2016

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Why we need more black writing

The challenge is to build a humanist tradition

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Opinion | 2 June 2016

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Both black and white elite must be held to account

While the elites debate race, poverty and inequality persist

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Opinion | 2 June 2016

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“Jacky” and her pop-up pavement shop

Homeless woman's new business venture

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Opinion | 31 May 2016

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Turn Tafelberg into affordable housing, pleads novelist

"To sell off the Tafelberg land is to discard the opportunity to plan for a city that is built on integration, compassion, trust and justice."

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Opinion | 30 May 2016

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Complementary medicine companies are destroying consumer protection

Series of court actions aimed at Advertising Standards Authority

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Opinion | 30 May 2016

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On denialism: the journey of Patricia de Lille

Mayor has chosen expediency over justice

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Opinion | 26 May 2016

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Old left’s rainbow nation project offers no way forward

A response to Jeff Rudin

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Opinion | 24 May 2016