Threats to the Media – We Brought This On Ourselves

by | Aug 6, 2010

By Helga Jansen-Daugbjerg Society and progressive civil society in particular, must take some of the blame for  the state threats to the media. This is not some sensationalistic shock statement meant to upset you into action. In it lies the years of abdication from...
Cape Town – The Mother City of Inequality

Cape Town – The Mother City of Inequality

by | Oct 21, 2010

By Dick ForslundThe City of Cape Town is proudly proclaimed in travel brochures as the Mother City – a place of great historical importance, the mother which welcomed a free Nelson Mandela. There is tarnish on this hallowed image – that of a city nibbling away at the...
Lacking Resources?

Lacking Resources?

by | Oct 25, 2010

By Dick ForslundA recent report to South African Cities Network shows how much of incomes households pay in property rates water and electricity supply, and solid waste and sanitation. Low income households pay 10 to 20 percentage points more of their total incomes to...