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Is UCT Punishing Free Speech?

Can a university that claims to defend academic freedom justify punishing its own critics?

7 hrs ago • Rational Standard Editor

Taxing Taxis Won’t Fix The Tax Base, Freedom Will

The state has built a wall around the formal economy and then complains that people are standing outside it.

12 hrs ago • RS Guest Author

Inflation: Africa's Tax Without a Tax Bill

Inflation arrives unannounced and cannot be refunded.

Oct 22 • RS Guest Author

Whose Interests Should Come First In Education?

Ultimately, the interests of learners, and not unions, will have to prevail.

Oct 21 • Ayanda S Zulu

The Libertarian Case For Sovereignty

Sovereignty is not the exclusive preserve of kings, parliaments, or international bureaucracies. At its core, it is the recognition that human beings…

Oct 20 • Zakhele Mthembu

South Africa Belongs to Its Citizens, Not the ANC

Citizenship is a constitutional right, not a privilege granted for political obedience. South Africa belongs to its citizens, not whichever political…

Oct 19 • Nicholas Woode-Smith

Resigned, Arrested, Recorded: The Unravelling of Shadrack Sibiya

Sibiya’s resignation ends his police career, but serious criminal allegations and questions of accountability remain unresolved.

Oct 18 • RS Guest Author

Navi Pillay’s Nobel Is a Defence of the Rule of Law, Not of Bureaucrats

The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay is a reminder that justice depends on independent courts, impartial laws and the…

Oct 17 • RS Guest Author

ANC Leaders Want to STRIP Your Citizenship for Speaking Out

ANC leaders are proposing to strip South Africans of their citizenship for criticising the government abroad. Could speaking out against the ANC, or…

Oct 16 • Rational Standard Editor

When Cooperation Fails: How South African Business Should Confront the State

The cooperative approach rarely works. It is window-dressing to pretend the ANC-in-government believes the private-sector approach is better.

Oct 16 • PIET DU PLESSIS

When a Private Monopoly Replaces a State Monopoly

The real problem was never who owned the monopoly. It was the absence of open, rules-based competition.

Oct 15 • RS Guest Author

Johannesburg Is Regulating Its Entrepreneurs Out of Business

Street traders are not a problem to be managed. They are entrepreneurs creating value under difficult conditions. Johannesburg should make it easier for…

Oct 14 • Zakhele Mthembu

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