Opinion

We’re taking government to court for failing to provide clean water

Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution

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Opinion | 18 November 2025

Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it

Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households

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Opinion | 17 November 2025

All they ask is access to books: SA is failing the blind

South Africa has still not ratified the Marrakesh Treaty it adopted in 2013

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Opinion | 17 November 2025

Women in informal settlements are often silenced

They are systematically excluded from participating in local political life

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Opinion | 13 November 2025

The debt trap and how to get out of it

There are institutions which can help if you’re in debt

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Opinion | 17 October 2025

Queue, the beloved country

We have come to accept that we must queue for hours for every public service - but it’s not normal

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Opinion | 6 October 2025

Board of Deputies conflates Judaism and Zionism

Views expressed by the official voice of South African Jewry are out of step with many Jews who are horrified by Israel’s actions in Gaza

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Opinion | 6 August 2025

Joburg clinic staff make me ashamed to be an immigrant

Each time I take my daughter to the clinic, immigrants are told to wait while South Africans are served first

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Opinion | 31 July 2025

Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Affordable housing in the inner city is no longer a dream, says MEC

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Opinion | 27 July 2025

Faith leaders call on Minister Dion George to back plan to reduce plastic production

African environment ministers meet in Kenya next week

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Opinion | 10 July 2025

What the SA Human Rights Commission is doing to advance queer rights

SAHRC is involved in a number of initiatives including high-profile litigation

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Opinion | 1 July 2025

We need to change the law on gender recognition

Ordinary administrative tasks are fraught with risk for trans people

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Opinion | 27 June 2025

South African law is failing gig workers

These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily

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Opinion | 10 June 2025

How history of “Kill the Boer” has been distorted

Nationalists on both sides of South Africa’s main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means

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Opinion | 2 June 2025

Open letter to Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers

Because we can’t make sense of them

Anna Grimsrud, Sibongile Tshabalala-Madhlala, and CHANGE South Africa

Opinion | 21 May 2025