The City of Cape Town is well-known for its brutality and mostly ill-conceived plans to deal with those who occupy land, writes Judith February.

If we are prepared to make the ‘difficult and painful’ political decisions Tito Mboweni talks about, there may be some light at the end of this long, dark tunnel, writes Judith February.

The worst is coming and wide-scale public education and benevolent ‘policing’ within key areas should be the order of the day, writes Judith February.

The clear messaging that now has to come from government is that the pandemic is not yet at its peak and it is deadly and dangerous, writes Judith February.

The interconnectedness of global life in 2020 means that the days of living in privileged bubbles of security now seem forever over, writes Judith February.

With the announcement that religious gatherings may resume, President Ramaphosa has undermined his government’s cause and the price will be all of ours to pay, writes Judith February.

During lockdown we must keep faith with our democracy and continue to use the Constitution as our bulwark against any and every abuse of power, writes Judith February.

In times of uncertainty, it is instinctive to try to predict the future, either as a soothing salve or as an ode to deep pessimism. The truth, of course, is that we simply don’t know how this all ends, writes Judith February.

There'll be plenty of time for post-pandemic reckoning and for dissecting mistakes. But we might be able to start asking some bigger questions about the shape of our democracy and the transparency and accountability which ought to be at its heart, writes Judith Februaryjud

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that South Africa's people are often so much better than some of those who represent us.

The background to the arms deal points to the failure of our democratic institutions, particularly Parliament, to exercise oversight over the executive account, while other institutions failed to hold the corrupt to account, writes Judith February.

In SA, the virus has struck at the very heart of all that is right and wrong about this complex country, writes Judith February.

Ordinary citizens are being asked to make extraordinary sacrifices during this period of lockdown and so whatever a government says and does is a reflection on its credibility, writes Judith February.

The lockdown has to have the buy in of the citizenry if we are going to be successful in flattening the curve. Compliance will take time and further effort, writes Judith February.

South Africa's 21-day coronavirus lockdown is about more than a set of rules to be followed. It is about finding the wellspring of goodness we all know still sits at the heart of this complex country, writes Judith February.

Now may be a good time to deepen our understanding of how the inter-relatedness of the world impacts on our approach to public health, poverty and disease, writes Judith February.

If it was not before, then it must now be abundantly clear that this Public Protector is unfit for office, writes Judith February.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is acutely aware of what needs to be done to repurpose the state, specifically National Treasury, for its democratic mandate, writes Judith February.