OPINIONISTA 21 September 2025 Good governance is not a luxury — it’s the foundation for growth, jobs and hope By Alan Winde 3 min 2
OPINIONISTA 17 June 2025 Now is the time for the Western Cape to step up — with urgency and common purpose By Alan Winde 5 min 3
OPINIONISTA 27 September 2024 Climate calamities and population growth aggravate Western Cape’s budget woes By Alan Winde 5 min 4
OPINIONISTA 27 March 2024 Western Cape is on the brink of successfully getting its unemployment rate below 20% By Alan Winde 4 min 6
OPINIONISTA 28 December 2023 From crisis to courage in 2023 — Western Cape residents find hope in collective ‘vasbyt’ By Alan Winde 7 min 17
OPINIONISTA 8 November 2023 The government must introduce the urgent structural reforms our economy needs to grow By Alan Winde 4 min 3
OPINIONISTA 31 August 2023 National government inflicting death by a thousand budget cuts on SA and the Western Cape By Alan Winde 3 min 3
OPINIONISTA 25 June 2023 Our commitment to Agoa is not just for trade, but also standing up for what is right By Alan Winde 4 min 4
OPINIONISTA 27 December 2022 Is South Africa experiencing a permacrisis of rolling blackouts? By Alan Winde 3 min 1
OPINIONISTA 1 November 2022 If gangs have infiltrated the Western Cape SAPS to the highest levels, it is capture of the worst kind By Alan Winde 4 min 3
OPINIONISTA 28 September 2022 On our Western Cape listening tour, we often couldn’t hear because of the generators By Alan Winde 4 min 0
OPINIONISTA 1 September 2022 It’s time to panel beat our coal shovels into wind turbines and fix the energy crisis By Alan Winde 3 min 2