Opinion and Analysis
Government fossil fuel subsidies triple under Ramaphosa
Subsidies reached almost R200-billion last year, mostly from increases in Eskom bailouts and carbon tax exemptions, while the renewables subsidy in 2024 was less than 5% of fossil fuel support
Analysis | 27 February 2026
What is antisemitism?
And who gets to decide what it is?
By Anthony Fish Hodgson and Caitlin Le Roith
Opinion | 17 February 2026
Alarming new Bill tries to “police” non-profit organisations
The Bill proposes fines of up to R1-million and prison terms of up to five years
Opinion | 13 February 2026
What Cape Town can do to save water
More is needed than asking residents to use less. The municipality has to fix its sewage treatment plants.
Analysis | 10 February 2026
How rural communities can help fix their water supply
Communities do not have to be passive victims of municipal failures
By Zoë Postman
Opinion | 9 February 2026
Lights. Camera. But very little action. Why?
Film sector in free fall as government scores own goal
By Nimrod Geva
Opinion | 4 February 2026
Cape Town’s water use remains too high despite Day Zero lessons
The city consumes over a billion litres per day, equating to over 210 litres per person, well above the world average of 120 to 160 litres
By Kevin Winter
Analysis | 3 February 2026
How informal businesses are reduced to rubble
The rules make it almost impossible to run an informal business legally
Analysis | 23 January 2026
How an arms company tried to block your right to know - and failed
Integrated Convoy Protection misled the court
By Ntokozo Dladla for Open Secrets
Opinion | 17 December 2025