Op-Eds
- Protests are a powerful tool of democratic expression and a legitimate form of political participation, Yongeza Mbimbi, Daily Mavevrick (12 October 2023).
- Fire proves the apartheid ethos of the Central Pass Office hasn't died, Nkosinathi Sithole, Sunday Times (10 September 2023).
- What does the Albert Street Fire tragedy tell us about housing, Lauren Royston and Nolwazi Mahlangu, Amandla Magazine (December 2023 Issue 90/91).
- Justice delayed is justice denied: 11 years since the Marikana Massacre and still no closure, Matete Piet Masola, Daily Maverick (15 August 2023).
- eThekwini continues to deny informal traders full trading rights despite high court ruling, Khululiwe Bhengu and Muano Nemavhidi, Daily Maverick (25 July 2023).
- Why the illegal eviction and occupation land Act matters and should be defended, Nerishka Singh, Nkosinathi Sithole and Yvonne Erasmus, Mail & Guardian (10 January 2023).
- We want ubuntu, but fail to treat our domestic workers properly, Pinky Mashiane and Kelebogile Khunou, News24 (19 September 2022)
- How evictions law has been implemented in the lower Courts in South Africa, Yvonne Erasmus and Nerishka Singh, Oxford Human Rights Hub (2 June 2022) [blog post].
- Labour law for domestic workers explained, Amy Tekie and Kelebogile Khunou, Fin24 (10 May 2022).
- Joburg court flouts rights to housing, Nerishka Singh and Yvonne Erasmus, New Frame (1 April 2022).
- SA politicians stoke the flames of xenophobia in macabre spectacle to woo back voters, Sharon S. Ekambaram, Phumi Mtetwa and Nomzamo Zondo, Daily Maverick(21 March 2022)..
- Rapid land release for housing sounds great in theory, but well-structured delivery is key to its success, Amaarah Garda and Edward Molopi, Daily Maverick (11 November 2021).
- Employers should respect women’s rights and provide domestic workers with employment contracts, Kelebogile Khunou and Amy Tekie, Mail & Guardian (31 August 2021).
- Marikana and the many faces of justice, Yvonne Erasmus, Daily Maverick (22 August 2021).
- Rubber bullets: Banning them is not impossible — it’s imperative, Thato Masiangoako and Mary Rayner, Daily Maverick (31 May 2021).
- Heavy-handed police must respect the right to protest, Amanda Duma, Mail & Guardian (1 April 2021).
- Beyond Kgetlengrivier: Citizen groups taking over collapsed municipal services is only a short-term solution, Alana Potter, Daily Maverick (28 February 2021).
- The Rapid Land Release Programme has many potential perils and pitfalls, Adi Kumar, Lauren Royston and Michael Clark, Daily Maverick (15 December 2020).
- Can our police be trusted with their weapons?, Mary Rayner, Thato Masiangoako and Neil Corney, Mail & Guardian (12 November 2020).
- D-Day for ‘angry black girl’ Yolanda Dyantyi as Rhodes expulsion goes to EC High Court, Maanda Makwarela, Daily Maverick (6 September 2020).
- Marikana massacre: The devastating impact of the narrative painted by business, police and the state, Khuselwa Dyantyi and Thato Masiangoako, Daily Maverick (26 August 2020).
- Preventing illegal evictions prevents homelessness, Lauren Royston and Nkosinathi Sithole, Mail & Guardian (16 August 2020).
- Build it and they will come: Lessons from the Slovo Park informal settlement, Tiffany Ebrahim, Daily Maverick (29 July 2020).
- Domestic workers hung out to dry during lockdown, Amy Tekié And Kelebogile Khunou, Business Day (29 April 2020).
- We Need Long-lasting Solutions For South Africa’s Informal Settlement Residents, Lauren Royston and Maanda Makwarela, Daily Vox (15 April 2020).
- Correcting the deliberate and intentional dispossession of black people in SA will require thoughtful effort, Maanda Makwarela, Daily Maverick (15 April 2020).
- Inner-city raids: criminal police conduct violates residents’ privacy and dignity, Thato Masiangoako, Mail& Guardian (18 March 2020).
- Laws must be adapted to SA’s current reality, Thato Masiangoako, Mail & Guardian (21 February 2020).
- Upgrade rather than evict, Edward Molopi and S’bu Zikode, The Witness (14 November 2019).
- For better police, we must support IPID and other institutions that can ensure this, Thato Masiangoako, Daily Maverick(23 October 2019).
- Farm dwellers’ rights are not just about unlawful eviction, Nerishka Singh, Business Day(25 September 2019).
- Not much in minimum wage for vulnerable women to celebrate, Amy Tekie and Kelebogile Khunou, Business Day (24 August 2019).
- Urban land reform: Start with Informal Settlements, Lauren Royston and Tiffany Ebrahim, Daily Maverick (4 July 2019).
- The sheriff in town: To serve and protect or harm and neglect?, Tshepo Skosana, Daily Maverick (13 June 2019).
- Protests may be inconvenient, but they are drivers of social change, Thato Masiangoako, City Press (4 April 2019).
- Recognise the poor — they are neither criminals nor unworthy of living in the city, Khululiwe Bhengu, Daily Maverick (13 February 2019).
- Domestic work is work too, Kelebogile Khunou and Thulani Nkosi, City Press (14 October 2018).
- The Legacy of Marikana: Accountability urgent to prevent another atrocity, Nomzamo Zondo and Maanda Makwarela, Daily Maverick(15 August 2018).
- City of Joburg's Expanded Social Package offers little relief to residents of informal settlements, Tiffany Ebrahim and Maanda Makwarela, Daily Maverick (17 July 2018).
- Household recycling plan leaves waste pickers fighting for crumbs, Maanda Makwarela and Kelebogile Khunou, Business Day(4 July 2018).
- Will there be accountability for the Marikana Massacre?, Maanda Makwarela and Alana Potter, Daily Maverick(15 June 2018).
- What employers need to know about domestic workers' employment rights, Kelebogile Khunou, Northcliff Melville Times (2 May 2018).
- City of Joburg's water policy hurts the poor, Alana Potter and Kelebogile Khunou, Business Day (22 March 2018).
- Constitutional Court says that emergency shelter rules are unconstitutional, Tiffany Ebrahim, Zeenat Sujee and Edward Molopi, Business Day (13 December 2017).
- Letter to the Editor: Helen Zille's facts are wrong on Marikana housing issue, SERI, Daily Maverick (14 September 2017).
- Downtown gentrification steals from the poor to give to the rich, Nomzamo Zondo and Thulani Nkosi, Business Day (8 September 2017).
- The road home, Lwazi Mtshiyo and Keaton Allen-Gessesse, Bertha Blog (28 July 2017).
- Resisting evictions from farms, Michael Clark and Alana Potter, Daily Maverick (23 July 2017).
- Guidelines offer clarity on evictions and relocations, Michael Clark, Lauren Royston and Lwazi Mtshiyo, Business Day (20 July 2017).
- ConCourt falls short of farm dweller Act's aims, Stuart Wilson, Mail & Guardian (19 July 2017).
- 'Bad buildings' - the law is not the problem, Lauren Royston, Lwazi Mtshiya and Nomzamo Zondo, Daily Maverick (6 July 2017).
- Reckoning with the moral imperative on South African farms, Tim Fish Hodgson, Africa is a Country (23 May 2017).
- Herman Mashaba’s pro-poor plans for Joburg seem a bit rich, Dennis Webster and Alana Potter, Business Day (12 May 2017).
- New Guide will assist Street Traders to Protect their Rights, Dennis Webster, Daily Maverick (4 April 2017).
- Web archives open up the truth about Marikana, Safia Khan and Tim Fish Hodgson, Mail & Guardian (24 March 2017).
- Justice is a scarce resource, Khuselwa Dyantyi, The Star (23 March 2017).
- Who owns the story of South Africa’s Marikana massacre?, Keaton Allen-Gessesse, Ford Foundation (23 March 2017).
- The guns in Marikana were aimed at the families of slain workers too, Lwazi Mtshiyo and Tim Fish Hodgson, Business Day (21 March 2017).
- Letter to Editor: Zille wrong to blame the poor for the Cape's housing crisis, Dennis Webster and Daneel Knoetze, Daily Maverick (10 March 2017).
- Residents challenge Joburg’s shelter rules, Edward Molopi and Syabonga Mahlangu, Business Day (1 March 2017).
- Opportunities for resistance: Trump’s authoritarianism and the law, Stuart Wilson, openDemocracy (23 February 2017).
- Here's Why The People Of Marikana Informal Settlement Are Suing Cape Town For Land, Tim Fish Hodgson, Huffington Post (8 February 2017).
- Giving land to Philippi residents a first step to redress, Dennis Webster and Edward Molopi, Business Day (6 February 2017).
- Fees Will Rise In 2017. What Can We Learn From The Learning Conditions On Campuses In 2016?, Thulani Nkosi and Tim Fish Hodgson, Huffington Post (13 December 2016).
- Fighting for a Living: Short films show communities taking on the odds, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (7 December 2016).
- Slumlords? Lawyers? No, Mayor Mashaba, your complaint is against the rule of law itself, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (2 December 2016).
- Wine Workers Win Resounding Battle, But Cannot Win The War Alone, Dennis Webster, Huffington Post (1 December 2016).
- What students will learn from exercise of power, Stuart Wilson and Nomzamo Zondo, Business Day (21 October 2016).
- When the poor are forced to move: two relocations teach us important lessons, Edward Molopi and Irene de Vos, City Press (5 August 2016).
- The state must invest in rental stock for people earning less than R3 200 a month, Lauren Royston, Mail and Guardian (2 August 2016).
- A place for the poor? Realising the right to adequate housing in Johannesburg, Lauren Royston, Edward Molopi and Josh Budlender, Daily Maverick (29 July 2016).
- Guide helps homeowners know mortgage rights, Stuart Wilson, Business Day (7 June 2016).
- ‘Union men’ fight back, Bhavna Ramji, City Press (23 May 2016).
- Court checks banks over home debts, Mbekezeli Benjamin and Lwazi Mtshiyo, Mail and Guardian (29 April 2016).
- Shack upgrades gain some foundation, Stuart Wilson, Business Day (25 April 2016).
- Upgrading informal settlements: The importance of the Slovo Park judgment, Nomzamo Zondo and Lauren Royston, Daily Maverick (11 April 2016).
- Joburg’s vision blind to street life, Mbekezeli Benjamin and Dennis Webster, Business Day (4 December 2015).
- The idea of new cities may be folly, Lauren Royston and Yahia Shawkat, Business Day (11 September 2015).
- The streets at stake in Johannesburg, Dennis Webster, openGlobalRights (10 September 2015).
- Look to owners and state for 'bad buildings', Dennis Webster and Michael Leonard, Mail and Guardian (31 July 2015).
- Disdain for rule of law hurts poor, Irene de Vos and Dennis Webster, Business Day (27 July 2015).
- Letter: Farm Strike Not Illegal, Bhavna Ramji, Business Day (20 July 2015).
- Judge Farlam’s Accidental Massacre, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (26 June 2015).
- When attacking NGOs, the government is rendering the poor invisible, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (23 June 2015).
- Closing the doors of justice? The South African Constitutional Court’s approach to direct access, Jackie Dugard, openGlobalRights (25 May 2015).
- Clean sweep of the poor is not constitutional, Dennis Webster, Mail and Guardian (17 April 2015).
- Ke Molao Wa Rona: Joburg continues its anti-poor approach, Dennis Webster, Daily Maverick (27 February 2015).
- Human rights 'made whole', Jackie Dugard and Mbekezeli Benjamin, The New Age (28 January 2015).
- After the Marikana Commission: What now?, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (27 November 2014).
- Without means, there are no real rights, Stuart Wilson, openGlobalRights (23 September 2014).
- What the law has to say about evictions, Sandra Liebenberg, GroundUp News (1 September 2014).
- Legalizing economic and social rights can help the poor: reflections from South Africa, Stuart Wilson, openGlobalRights (7 August 2014).
- Housing: The need for more realistic debate, Lauren Royston and Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (21 July 2014).
- Evictions: South Africa's bitter year-round trauma, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (15 July 2014).
- Urbanisation: Low-cost housing not low-cost enough, Lauren Royston and Michael Clark, Mail and Guardian (11 April 2014).
- The social costs of inner city regeneration, Kate Tissington, Daily Maverick (28 February 2014).
- SA’s transformation: No-one can do it alone, Mr Grootes, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (27 January 2014).
- Dear Mr Grootes: A welfare state is a just state, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (21 January 2014).
- Under attack at home and at work: Operation Clean Sweep and the dark side of urban regeneration, Michael Clark and Kate Tissington, Daily Maverick (27 November 2013).
- Information: the first step towards active citizenry, Jackie Dugard and Thapelo Tselapedi, Daily Maverick (25 November 2013).
- Marikana inquiry’s mistakes call for a rethink, Jackie Dugard, Business Day (11 September 2013).
- Marikana ruling hardly ‘excellent’, Stuart Wilson, Mail and Guardian (23 August 2013).
- Snail's pace hampers Marikana Commission, Jackie Dugard and Kate Tissington, Sunday Times (30 June 2013).
- What the protesters really want, Jackie Dugard and Kate Tissington, The Witness (10 May 2013).
- State suppression of popular dissent should concern us all, Michael Clark and Jackie Dugard, Business Day (6 March 2013).
- Ekuthuleni: 'Place of peace' by name but a shelter it is not, Jackie Dugard and Kathleen Hardy, Daily Maverick (11 January 2013).
- Marikana violence is a sign of things to come, Jackie Dugard, Bonita Meyersfeld and Nikki Naylor, Business Day (23 August 2012).
- Taking liberties: Ivo Vegter on Socio-Economic Rights, Stuart Wilson, Daily Maverick (20 April 2012).
- In defence of the Concourt, Jackie Dugard and Kate Tissington, The Star (14 December 2011).
- Tenant's rights, coming down to earth, Kate Tissington, Daily Maverick (10 November 2011).
- Court just wants city to care for the poor a bit better, Kate Tissington and Jackie Dugard, Business Day (12 April 2011).
- Making up lost ground in SA’s informal settlements, Kate Tissington and Lauren Royston, Business Day (16 November 2010).
- Press freedom: Free but superficial media overlooks important stories, Jackie Dugard, Business Day (27 September 2010).
- Let’s see the real value in RDP houses, Kate Tissington, Kecia Rust, Robert McGaffin, Mark Napier and Sarah Charlton, Business Day (31 August 2010).
- Balancing the rights of owners and the homeless, Kate Tissington, Business Day (2 June 2010).
