South Africa’s White Lies, the Ctrl-Left and the Narrative: a Post-Post-Modern Perspective
Written by: Quentin Ferreira This piece is a response to the article: South Africa’s white right, the Alt-Right and the alternative The
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Property
Finding Solutions To Land Reform Not All That Inclusive After All
Written by: Terence Corrigan Concerns about the impact of expropriation without compensation have gone global, but the solution will be local
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Reflecting on the Expropriation Hearings
If there are two testimonies that stood out to me during the parliamentary committee hearings on land reform, it was
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Correcting Pierre de Vos on the Constitution and the Constitutional Court
Prof Pierre de Vos of the University of Cape Town recently wrote on his popular blog, Constitutionally Speaking, a response
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And Then There Were Two
As has now been well-documented in the archives of the Rational Standard, this past week was a low-point among low-points in
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Mr Roets Goes To Cape Town: When The NDR Agenda Was Exposed
On the 6th of September 2018 I witnessed a shameful spectacle. A citizen was attacked by his representatives for presenting
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Ramaphosa Says He’s A Socialist – Believe Him!
Written by: Sara Gon We South Africans have a blind spot. We are desperate to believe that our leaders don’t mean
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What on Earth is Ramaphosa Up To?
The African National Congress (ANC) has reached a cul-de-sac in its bid to neutralise the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and growing
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Sex Workers’ War for Liberty
The bonos mores principle is a principle in South African law that entails the concept of the ‘good morals’ of
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Rational Land Reform
Land dominates the contemporary South African discourse. It is the issue on almost every placard and the topic of many
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