Opinion and Analysis

We discovered massive fraud in SASSA’s grant system

SASSA needs to disclose how this happened and the scale of the problem

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Analysis | 14 October 2024

How business can help end homelessness

Homelessness is a shared, fixable problem

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Opinion | 10 October 2024

Heroin use has spread as prices plummet

South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role

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Analysis | 9 October 2024

New blasting limits set for mines - at last

Chief Inspector of Mines publishes South Africa’s first mine blasting standards

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Opinion | 8 October 2024

The fate of the GNU will depend on what it does to fix collapsing municipalities

The Government of National Unity offers an opportunity to take practical steps

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Opinion | 3 October 2024

Access to information: Public institutions are flouting the law

Only 20% of municipalities met their obligations to report to the Information Regulator

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Opinion | 1 October 2024

Joburg’s temporary emergency accommodation policy a misstep

The housing crisis needs to be addressed with long-term, stable, sustainable housing alternatives

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Opinion | 30 September 2024

Why the Woolies boss was paid 1,300 times as much as a shopfloor worker

Report by Just Share exposes pay gaps in the retail and wholesale sector

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Analysis | 18 September 2024

Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood

A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster

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Opinion | 20 August 2024