Opinion

Good for mom, baby and boss
Good for mom, baby and boss
Every August we take time to celebrate women — yet despite women having equal rights, employers in South Africa still have a long way to go...
This is why ‘Catbook’ won’t work
This is why ‘Catbook’ won’t work
Last week the chief executive of The New York Times, Mark Thompson, urged Facebook to consider removing news from the site and...
Class exists but can we say the same of race?
Class exists but can we say the same of race?
Is South African society made up of races or classes? Or, if it is both, which of the two is more fundamental?
Lessons from Doornkop: Ways of coping with poverty
Lessons from Doornkop: Ways of coping with poverty
Community and government efforts to improve lives in Doornkop, or “Snake Park”, Soweto, is the theme of a new book launched by the residents...
Dawn’s the time to oil the joints
Dawn’s the time to oil the joints
Wednesday morning.
Editorial: Give clarity on land restitution
Editorial: Give clarity on land restitution
Oh for a time machine to take the ruling party back 10 years to do the job of land reform when the economic times and outlook were rosier. Much...
Women’s rights must include land rights
Women’s rights must include land rights
The United Nations has declared that women’s land rights are a human right. The UN Women’s publication, Realising Women’s Rights to Land and...
Mandela didn’t sell out, post-94 ANC did
Mandela didn’t sell out, post-94 ANC did
A man sitting next to me at a land workshop in Rustenburg last month asked me whether the problems on the platinum belt meant, as some younger...
Old boy club dominates engineering
Old boy club dominates engineering
The chief executive of the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (Saice) published a column in the July issue of Civil Engineering magazine,...
How Kenya is managing security 20 years after the Nairobi blast
How Kenya is managing security 20 years after the Nairobi blast
It’s been 20 years since the attack on the US embassy in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. A suicide bomber detonated two truck bombs killing 200 people. A...
Changes to the Constitution may boost, not weaken property rights
Changes to the Constitution may boost, not weaken property rights
The South African government’s plan to change the...
Internet censorship in Africa threatens democracy, economy
Internet censorship in Africa threatens democracy, economy
Many African governments have taken to censoring a variety of apps and sites, especially around election time. But people across the continent...
Explainer: What’s involved in changing the Constitution
Explainer: What’s involved in changing the Constitution
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the ANC will spearhead an amendment to section 25 of the country’s Constitution to outline more...

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