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Offensive Speech Is Still Protected Speech
Without free expression, other rights cannot meaningfully exist
53 mins ago
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Ayanda S Zulu
Scapegoating Immigrants Will Not Fix South Africa
Blaming immigrants for unemployment, crime and failing public services may be politically convenient, but it will not solve South Africa’s problems.
Jul 30
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Zakhele Mthembu
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Forced Segregation Versus Forced Integration
Is it justified to condemn forced segregation while expressing a clear preference for forced integration?
Jul 29
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PIET DU PLESSIS
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The AfriForum Scandal That Wasn’t
News24 promised an exposé of AfriForum’s finances, but uncovered little more than salaries, advertising and recruitment costs. Readers were promised a…
Jul 28
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Leigh-Ann Hallak
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Stop Waiting for the State to Save Africa
Stop waiting for liberation and go liberate yourself.
Jul 28
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Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
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Why I Get Angry With People Who Don’t Vote
An empty ballot isn’t neutral. Complaint without a vote is just noise, and populism costs the people who can least afford another failed experiment.
Jul 27
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Penny Tainton
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South Africa Needs A Party Of The Basics
A party that truly focused on the basics would not need to promise paradise. It would promise something far more radical in modern South Africa. A…
Jul 27
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Nicholas Woode-Smith
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Could Foreign Intelligence Exploit South Africa’s Security Weaknesses?
The Anyamba case raises a prudent counter-intelligence question: are South Africa’s institutions resilient to modern proxy recruitment?
Jul 26
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RS Guest Author
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Why South Africa Needs Israeli Technology
South Africa cannot afford to reject effective technology because of diplomatic hostility.
Jul 25
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RS Guest Author
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Race politics at Financial Mail, and witch hunt against Data Centres continues
Join Martin van Staden, Nicholas Woode-Smith and Ayanda Zulu as they unpack some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Jul 24
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Rational Standard Editor
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Who Owns the Comrades Marathon?
The fight over the Comrades Marathon is about more than one race: it is a battle to keep sport in the hands of runners, volunteers and civil society…
Jul 24
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RS Guest Author
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R31 Million for a World Cup Trip, While 41% of Schools Have No Sports Facilities
South Africa spent nearly R31 million sending officials and entertainers to the World Cup while 41% of public schools have no sports facilities at all…
Jul 23
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RS Guest Author
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