Culture

Corporate media’s war on truth

South Africa’s media no longer questions power, they punish those who do.

May 6 •

RS Guest Author

Trust Must Be Earned

We should resist the comforting nostalgia for a traditional media model that was not without significant problems.

Apr 28 •

Is female empowerment making women more fragile?

It is a kind of sensitivity that makes you less resilient and thus less strong. It becomes a form of self-pity that masquerades as empowerment.

Apr 24 •

RS Guest Author

Why the return of the Rational Standard matters

There is no shortage of radicalism in the academy. What is scarce, and dangerously so, is space for dissent – especially when that dissent originates…

Apr 19 •

The story of Afrikaner empowerment is more complex than Khwezi Mabasa might think

Afrikaner empowerment was a complex interplay of state power and communal self-determination, alongside an unfortunate dimension of authoritarianism.

Apr 15 •

Rational Standard's Renaissance

In case you missed our (new) day one publications...

Apr 11 •

Nicholas Woode-Smith

Can South Africa’s press be saved?

Apr 11 •

Rational Standard Editor

(Re)introducing the Rational Standard amidst press decay

In 2015, Rational Standard burst onto an empty scene as the lone explicit voice of liberalism and libertarianism in South Africa...

Apr 11 •

Martin van Staden

Is UCT Sacrificing Herself At the Altar of Bigotry?

Is the University of Cape Town (UCT) now sacrificing Her mission on the altars of politics and religious bigotry?

Oct 7, 2024

Anti-Racism at UCT

‘ANTI-RACISM’ at the University of Cape Town (UCT): rooting out systemic, microagressive, unconscious and/or invisible racism or just UNDERMINING…

Aug 19, 2024

An Open Letter To UCT’s New Vice-Chancellor

Can the ‘systemically racist’ ‘pluriverse’, ‘managerialized’, ‘go woke, go broke’, ‘GNU’ University of Cape Town (UCT) be “stabilized”, let alone…

Jul 30, 2024

Five Reasons Why Racism Remains Unresolved

There are five very clear reasons why the problem of racism remains unresolved, and until they are understood and addressed, there is no chance of…

May 30, 2024

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