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Opinion
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Opinion | Before we get on the political bus
Before backing any party in the 2026 local government elections, young voters should ask three key questions about its ideas.
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Opinion | September spring: A better time than January to start over
September and spring offer a better time than January to take stock, reposition yourself and reinvent your career this year.
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Opinion | Beyond Homelessness: The human bonds formed on Cape Town’s streets
Life on Cape Town’s streets is harsh, but amid the struggle, people form genuine friendships, communities and bonds built on compassion and survival.
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Opinion| When good people keep quiet, evil prevails: Madlanga Commission fights corruption
The Madlanga Commission is rooting out corruption in the criminal justice system and restoring accountability across South Africa’s key institutions
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Opinion | Marooned, amused in our digital cocoons
The word isolation has morphed in the 21st century as cellphones and algorithms turned us into voyeurs marooned on our own social islands.
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WOMEN’S DAY | You are a rock and you rock
Today, Women’s Day, belongs to the women who have carried families, communities, businesses and our country forward with extraordinary courage.
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Opinion | Things fall apart: What Yeats and Achebe tell us about South Africa
Yeats warned that things fall apart when the centre cannot hold. Achebe showed how societies crack before the final blow. South Africa is listening.
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Boost public transport without gentrifying it out of reach
A Cape Town journalist reflects on leaving her bus commute and the colourful strangers she will miss, questioning if the trains will stay affordable.
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Opinion | Cape Town housing crisis why workers cannot afford homes
Rising housing prices, municipal tariffs and transport costs are pushing Cape Town’s workers farther from the city they serve daily.
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Opinion: Preaching peace in the age of outrage
John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ and gentle anthem of hope, remains painfully relevant with each year that passes.
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