Opinion

Open letter to City of Cape Town: Fix our vleis!

“It is common knowledge that there are regular sewerage spills into Zandvlei”

The Human Rights Commission is wrong: vaccines are not always optional

The Commission is undermining the state’s vaccine programme

Yes, we can afford a Universal Basic Income Guarantee

It just needs political will

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

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”

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

Why is the government in such a muddle over vaccination?

Decisions are chaotic and lack transparency

Covid-19: one month of discipline could save 20,000 lives

The time for social distancing is right now

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.”

City’s approach to homeless people is not working

This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful

Why we need to vaccinate prisoners now

How to vaccinate the world against Covid-19: Lessons from the AIDS response

Yes, Minister Cele, we did do our homework

Police minister brushes off Viewfinder’s devastating findings on police brutality

How to vaccinate millions as quickly as possible

Don’t try to micromanage the rollout

South Africa’s carbon emission targets not nearly ambitious enough

South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance

Municipalities are creating arbitrary requirements for “permission” to protest

Gatekeeping officials are stopping people from exercising a constitutional right