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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…

52 mins ago • RS Guest Author

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…

15 hrs ago • RS Guest Author

Municipal Elections Will Decide Whether South Africa’s Coalition Survives

The local elections will test whether the GNU can hold, or begin to unravel from the ground up.

Jul 23 • RS Guest Author

The Undocumented Migrant And The Principle Of Non-Harm

A migrant who peacefully trades, works, and rents by consent has harmed no one. The real moral wrong begins when protestors or the state threaten force…

Jul 22 • RS Guest Author

Why the South African Government Lets Everything Fall Apart

South Africa’s collapsing infrastructure is not merely the result of too little money. It is the predictable outcome of a state sector where…

Jul 21 • PIET DU PLESSIS

Hatred Never Stops

Hatred is easy because it gives people a face to blame. But hatred creates nothing.

Jul 20 • Nicholas Woode-Smith

Cape Town Wants Its Own Detectives; Amazon Finds a Way Around Government Regulation

Join Nicholas Woode-Smith, Zakhele Mthembu and Ayanda Zulu as they unpack some of the most pressing issues of the week.

Jul 17 • Rational Standard Editor

Economic Power Is Not Enough: A Gramscian View of the Afrikaner’s Loss of Cultural Hegemony

Economic power without cultural power offers only a false sense of security.

Jul 17 • PIET DU PLESSIS

Justice Delayed: The Cost Of A Slow Apex Court

Justice delayed is not merely justice diminished. It is, over time, justice called into question.

Jul 16 • RS Guest Author

Conflict Resolution Through Reason: Why Debate Still Matters

Force can decide who wins today, but it rarely resolves the conflict underneath. Lasting peace depends on reason, dialogue, property rights, and…

Jul 15 • Econ Bro

Rethinking Identity And Belonging In South Africa

South African identity is not only legal or national. It is shaped by language, culture, place, memory, and the communities where people feel they truly…

Jul 14 • Ayanda S Zulu

South Africa Must Stop Romanticising Violence

South Africa needs a new political culture; one that stops confusing militancy with courage. One that stops treating revolutionary nostalgia as a…

Jul 13 • Nicholas Woode-Smith

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