Analysis

Cape Town’s battle for spatial justice

There is a disconnect between what the City says and what it does when it comes to housing, development, and urban planning.

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Analysis | 31 October 2019

The chief, the mines and the lost Bakgatla billions

Painstaking work of Baloyi Commission may come to nothing

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Analysis | 25 October 2019

Mkhwebane’s report on PRASA is flawed

Public Protector has submitted unfinished homework

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Analysis | 11 September 2019

Ten years later, still no action on Hlophe complaint

Accusation that Western Cape Judge President tried to intervene in favour of Jacob Zuma has still not been dealt with

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Analysis | 6 September 2019

EFF’s sinister sudden interest in PRASA

Party questions corruption investigation instead of corruption itself

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Analysis | 14 August 2019

Informal settlements need better rubbish collection

Reform of the system is necessary to “keep Cape Town clean”

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Analysis | 15 May 2019

Caster Semenya: Issues the sporting authority has to consider

Whatever the decision, the emotional toll for athletes is high

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Analysis | 25 February 2019

Stats SA’s confusing mining employment statistics

Quarterly Labour Force Survey is the definitive source for most sectors, but not for mining

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Analysis | 21 February 2019

Controversy follows colourful Australian mining magnate

Mark Caruso has made a handsome profit from South Africa’s natural resources

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Analysis | 19 February 2019

Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?

Scarcity of houses is just one part of a problem that has its roots in the province’s 1990s violence

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Analysis | 20 September 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

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

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

Water curbs: a tale of rich and poor

Most water management devices installed in poor areas

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Analysis | 7 March 2018

How severe is the drought? An analysis of the latest data

Facts are few, opinions plenty, on the cause of the water crisis

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Analysis | 22 January 2018