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The Misdiagnosis Of Corruption In BEE
Corruption in BEE is too often treated as a bug. It is more accurately a predictable outcome of a system that rewards actors for exploiting its…
16 hrs ago
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Ayanda S Zulu
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Stop Taxing Fuel
Petrol and diesel are essential goods. Without them, there is no economy. No food, no pumped clean water, no electricity. Petrol tax shouldn’t be…
Apr 13
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Nicholas Woode-Smith
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South Africa’s Government wants your money, your children, your future
Join Martin van Staden, Nicholas Woode-Smith, Zakhele Mthembu and Ayanda Zulu as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Apr 11
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Rational Standard Editor
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South Korea Must Prepare to Stand Alone
With American commitment wavering, South Korea must take charge of its own survival.
Apr 9
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Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
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With Government, Less Is More
Any true commitment to economic growth must start with humility from the state.
Apr 8
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Econ Bro
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Johannesburg Water Crisis Exposes Governance Inadequacies
Johannesburg doesn’t have a water shortage problem nearly as much as it has a governance problem.
Apr 7
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RS Guest Author
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Home Affairs Privatisation Should Be Celebrated
Critics of these reforms are not defending good public service. They are defending the very queues, delays and insecure legacy systems that made Home…
Apr 6
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Nicholas Woode-Smith
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Ratepayers fleeced in Joburg and NMB while fuel levy fleeces us all
Join Martin van Staden, Zakhele Mthembu and Ayanda Zulu as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Apr 2
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Rational Standard Editor
The Death Of Doom
Overpopulation hysteria has all but vanished. The real issue of population is basic economics.
Apr 2
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James Peron
The Iran War Isn’t About Your Ideology
Those whose lives are most directly shaped by this war are too often ignored by those using it for ideological theatre.
Apr 1
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Ilan Preskovsky
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March 2026
When Corporate Logic Replaces Educational Innovation
Super education corporations show off wonderful facilities – but what lies underneath?
Mar 31
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RS Guest Author
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The US Ambassador is Right About South Africa
South Africans should not resent being told hard truths that our own government refuses to face. We should resent that it took a foreign ambassador to…
Mar 30
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Nicholas Woode-Smith
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