Opinion and Analysis

The right to protest is being violated in small mining towns

Municipalities, mine management and police collude to prevent protests

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Opinion | 7 June 2018

Aliens are greatest threat to Cape Town’s water security

Clearing vegetation above the big dams is affordable and essential

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Analysis | 29 May 2018

Wild Coast Road: communities have been consulted

We are compensating households affected by the road, says SANRAL

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Opinion | 23 May 2018

Cape Town can avoid Day Zero in 2019 - but we’ll have to keep consumption down

Dam levels are almost equal to same period last year

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Analysis | 7 May 2018

Unions divided on Workers’ Day

Rival events held on 1 May show unequal support for Saftu and Cosatu

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Analysis | 2 May 2018

Cape Town needs to invest in places like Malawi Camp

Airport settlement is test of municipality’s commitment to investing in poor communities

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Opinion | 2 May 2018

NRF cuts hurt South Africa’s scientists

Researchers need to hold public officials accountable

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Opinion | 2 May 2018

Mining Charter: who is fooling whom?

Minister excludes communities from discussions

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Opinion | 4 April 2018

Are resident associations being captured by the property industry?

Sea Point shows how developers use these organisations to advance their own interests

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Analysis | 14 March 2018

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

How can a parking lot that is empty for 18 hours a day be a better land use than a home?

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Opinion | 12 March 2018

Cape Town is using aquifers responsibly

Groundwater abstraction based on a “no regrets” approach

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Opinion | 9 March 2018

State surveillance a threat to journalism

Laws are being abused by corrupt state officials to spy on reporters for doing their jobs

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Opinion | 9 March 2018

Dire need for housing is South Africa’s biggest challenge

We are on track to exceed our targets for the delivery of houses in Cape Town for the current financial year

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Opinion | 8 March 2018

Water curbs: a tale of rich and poor

Most water management devices installed in poor areas

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Analysis | 7 March 2018

Why we woke up Brett Herron at 5am with koesiesters

People evicted from their homes cannot be dumped in Blikkiesdorp or Wolwerivier

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Opinion | 7 March 2018

Rush to drill for water threatens our future water supply

Extracting water from the Table Mountain Group aquifer threatens biodiversity and makes little difference to Day Zero

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Opinion | 28 February 2018