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South Africa Cannot Accept Mystery Plane Arrivals from Gaza - Compassion Without Control Is Chaos
Gift of the Givers essentially bullied government officials into admitting passengers who had not been screened, vetted, or correctly documented.
20 hrs ago • 
RS Guest Author
Race law fiasco EMBARRASSES SA as unemployment crisis persists
Join Martin van Staden, Nicholas Woode-Smith and Ayanda Zulu as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Nov 14 • 
Rational Standard Editor
Restricting Tobacco Causes Crime
South Africa’s government must recognise that its war on tobacco is not a public health policy but a self-inflicted wound.
Nov 14 • 
Nicholas Woode-Smith
Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Military Intervention: Lessons From Libya For Venezuela
Given the potential for disastrous outcomes, it is crucial for US policymakers to reconsider the approach to Venezuela.
Nov 13 • 
RS Guest Author
Ceasefire or Stage Play? How Hamas and Iran Are Testing the Fragile Truce
The Middle East now teeters between opportunity and escalation. Israel is under pressure to continue withdrawals; Hamas manipulates ceasefires for…
Nov 12 • 
RS Guest Author
Albanese Cannot be Allowed to Hijack South Africa
Albanase clearly doesn’t want peace. She wants Israel to curl up and let Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran run roughshod over the Jewish state with impunity.
Nov 11 • 
Nicholas Woode-Smith
How The West Is Run
We are not fighting the communists anymore. We are fighting the banking committees.
Nov 10 • 
Trevor Watkins
Mamdani wins NYC; and does South Africa belong in the G20?
Join David Ansara, Martin van Staden and Nicholas Woode-Smith as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week.
Nov 7 • 
Rational Standard Editor
South Africa’s Future Depends on Ditching BEE
BEE has failed. It has enriched the few, impoverished the many, and corrupted the very fabric of the state. The DA’s new bill is the first real…
Nov 7 • 
Nicholas Woode-Smith
South Africa Does Not Need Another Saviour President
The problem is the ANC’s grand ideology of incremental socialism that has birthed a system that reinforces the status quo, enables corruption, and…
Nov 6 • 
Ayanda S Zulu
The Genocide in Sudan: A Call To Action
The genocide in Sudan is a stain on our collective conscience, and it is imperative that the world responds with urgency and compassion.
Nov 5 • 
RS Guest Author
When Good Intentions Collide with Bad Economics
We cannot regulate and subsidise our way to prosperity. Poverty will only end when South Africans are empowered to create wealth, not wait for it to be…
Nov 4 • 
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