Opinion and Analysis
How we’re fighting antimicrobial resistance in South Africa
Urgent work needed to end this public health crisis
By Heidi Albert
Opinion | 23 February 2018
Abortions: women don’t know where to go
Right to terminate pregnancy is limited by poor information
Opinion | 29 January 2018
How severe is the drought? An analysis of the latest data
Facts are few, opinions plenty, on the cause of the water crisis
By Piotr Wolski
Analysis | 22 January 2018
Facts and myths about Cape Town’s water crisis
As Day Zero approaches, nonsense is being spread
Analysis | 18 January 2018
Here’s how unfairly police are distributed
Suburbs like Sea Point, Claremont and Camps Bay have far more officers per resident than Nyanga. Why?
Analysis | 17 January 2018
South Africa’s HIV treatment programme: a phoenix rising from the ashes?
Over 4 million people are on treatment but the programme may be stuttering
Analysis | 13 December 2017
The terrible price of PRASA’s negligence and corruption
Officials flout the law on train safety
Opinion | 8 December 2017
Drought: Has Cape Town planned properly for Day Zero?
There are several unanswered questions
By Aidan Jones and Nathan Geffen
Analysis | 6 December 2017
Social grants falling as share of state expenditure
Yet percentage of people living in poverty has grown
By Isobel Frye
Opinion | 4 December 2017