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Kenya’s Crackdown on Foreign Traders Betrays Pan-Africanism

When local economies falter, Pan-African solidarity is often the first casualty.

7 hrs ago

The Problem With Wealth That Belongs to Everyone

The benefits of the country’s natural wealth should not fall to whoever extracts them first. Extraction can occur. Liquidation is another matter.

Sep 24 • RS Guest Author

Does NAZA Undermine Its Own Case Against Israel?

NAZA presents itself as an indictment of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Its own claims, Ilan Preskovsky argues, tell a more complicated story.

Sep 23 • Ilan Preskovsky

Young South Africans Have a Stake in Local Government

Your community is your future. Your vote is your voice. Your participation is your power.

Sep 23 • RS Guest Author

Your Future Shouldn’t Depend On Knowing The Right Person

A country that rewards connection over ability will eventually run out of both.

Sep 22 • RS Guest Author

Cape Town Should Protect Animals, Not Police Pet Owners

Whether my animals are healthy and whether they are creating a genuine nuisance are legitimate questions. Whether my neighbours approve of how many cats…

Sep 21 • Nicholas Woode-Smith

How Cadre Politics Undid a Municipal Success Story

Real competence was appointed on merit. This enabled the agency for about three years to launch real development projects successfully, within budget…

Sep 20 • PIET DU PLESSIS

Stop Funding Degrees That Lead Nowhere

The system sells degrees; it’s a form of economic destruction. It takes the hopes of young people, and their families sacrifices, as well as taxpayers…

Sep 19 • RS Guest Author

How the ANC Failed Nine DEAD Women

Join Nicholas Woode-Smith, Zakhele Mthembu and Ayanda Zulu on the Rational Standard Podcast as they discuss the Kempton Park murders.

Sep 18 • Rational Standard Editor

Nine Dead Women and a State That Cannot Protect Us

Nine women are dead, and South Africa’s police are once again promising action after the bodies have already piled up. The deeper scandal is the state…

Sep 18 • RS Guest Author

The More You Follow the Rules, the More the State Punishes You

He did the formal thing: registered, branded, easy to find. The reward is a vehicle any collector can read from fifty metres.

Sep 17 • RS Guest Author

The Dehumanisation of the South African Farmer

This is not about ranking the dead. My mother’s life is not worth more because she was murdered on a farm. No murder in this country is acceptable, and…

Sep 16 • RS Guest Author

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