Opinion and Analysis
Covid-19: The Strandfontein Relocation Camp is a test of our morality as a city
Thousands of Capetonians object to the way the City is treating homeless people during the lockdown
Opinion | 14 April 2020
Covid-19: Open Letter to Minister Angie Motshekga
Ten suggestions for the Minister of Basic Education to assist school children and teachers during and after the lockdown
Opinion | 14 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown threatens women farm workers’ access to food
“We are going to starve” says seasonal worker in De Doorns
Opinion | 14 April 2020
Covid-19 and women: This is what government needs to do
National response needs to be gender sensitive and pro-poor
Opinion | 7 April 2020
Police kill three people in three days of lockdown. This is normal for South Africa
Lockdown exposes police brutality that has always been widespread and routine
Analysis | 1 April 2020
Covid-19: What happens after the lockdown?
The epidemic won’t disappear by 17 April. We have merely bought three weeks breathing space to plan for the future
By Alex Welte
Opinion | 31 March 2020
Covid-19: 76 economists say government can do more to protect the economy
Open letter to President Ramaphosa and the Cabinet from South African economists, economic and business analysts
Opinion | 30 March 2020
Covid-19: Open letter to President Ramaphosa
Coalition of unions, co-ops and other organisations demand protection for precarious workers
Opinion | 24 March 2020
Our prisons are failing. They need to become correctional facilities
Our policies have become more punitive, yet our crime rate continues going up
Opinion | 3 March 2020