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South Africa’s latest land redistribution initiative risks repeating the costly mistakes of the past by prioritising racial transformation over agricultural productivity, writes Piet du Plessis.
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Entrepreneurship, community cooperation and African humanism can work together to rebuild South Africa, writes Ian Campbell-Gillies.
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Is This the End of ANC Rule in South Africa's Cities? teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1pKdRDqeY…
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Is the ANC losing its grip on South Africa’s cities?
With the 2026 local government elections approaching, @NWoodeSmith is joined by Dr @Martin_ASFL and @DavidAnsara to discuss the ANC’s declining support, the rise of opposition parties, and whether political change will mean better governance or more dysfunctional coalitions.
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South Africa’s budget offers fiscal discipline, but no real growth plan, writes Charl Heydenrych.
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The path to a different future lies in expanding the freedoms that evidence shows are effective. Anything less will see us continue down the road to serfdom, writes Zakhele Mthembu.
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Scrap the laws that punish hiring, punish growth and punish investment. Then get out of the way and let South Africans work, writes @NWoodeSmith.
Here are the three laws keeping South Africans unemployed.
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By treating illegal immigration with decades of passive tolerance, institutional inefficiency, and periodic token crackdowns, the ANC-in-government created a human crisis, writes Piet du Plessis.
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The state needs to stop making employment expensive and enterprise illegal, writes Matsheole Majoro.
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The state has built a wall around the formal economy and then complains that people are standing outside it, writes Matsheole Majoro.
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Is UCT Punishing Free Speech? teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1DGleVyvd…
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FMF CEO @DavidAnsara faces a recommended six-month suspension from UCT Council, while @AdvOppenheimer faces possible expulsion for speaking out.
Ansara joins @NWoodeSmith and Dr @Martin_ASFL on the Rational Standard Podcast to discuss the disciplinary proceedings, UCT's history of ideological intolerance, and the growing threat to academic freedom.
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Inflation is more than a cost-of-living problem. It is an invisible tax that disproportionately punishes those least able to protect themselves, writes Dr. Oluwaseun Adeoye Oyebamiji.
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Would you rather live in a society where people can say offensive things, or one where the government decides what you're allowed to say?
@NWoodeSmith says an incredibly rude but free society is preferable to giving the state the power to regulate speech.
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Whose interests should come first in education?
Ultimately, the interests of learners, and not unions, will have to prevail, writes @ASZulu.
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Should the government decide what people are allowed to say?
Zakhele Mthembu warns that laws regulating speech are inherently subjective, leaving people vulnerable to inconsistent enforcement and punishment based on individual interpretations.
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Sovereignty is not the exclusive preserve of kings, parliaments, or international bureaucracies. At its core, it is the recognition that human beings are not the playthings of higher powers, writes Zakhele Mthembu.
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Citizenship is a constitutional right, not a privilege granted for political obedience. South Africa belongs to its citizens, not whichever political party happens to govern them, writes @NWoodeSmith.
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Shadrack Sibiya’s resignation ends his police career, but serious criminal allegations and questions of accountability remain unresolved, writes Thando Nzimande.
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The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay is a reminder that justice depends on independent courts, impartial laws and the courage to hold even the most powerful accountable, writes Matsheole Majoro.
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