Rational Standard
@RationalStand
South Africa's dissident press. Supporting freedom and reason since 2015. Subscribe to us on Substack.
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JOE EMILIO: Stolen ground: South Africa’s property rights under siege from Pie Act businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/202…
My Op-Ed about the PIE act and documentary: Stolen Ground 🙏🏽 on @BDliveSA businesslive.co.za/amp/bd/opinion…
When outrage depends on who the victims are, human rights lose all meaning. rationalstandard.com/p/the-butchery…
Pan-Africanism is a noble goal, but I fear it's misguided, & doomed to fail. I outline why I think so in the linked article open.substack.com/pub/econbro/p/…
There is something grotesquely ironic about privileged activists in South Africa staging a hunger strike in solidarity with Hamas-run Gaza, while sitting comfortably in suburban cafés, planning their next "resistance" tweet over a latte. rationalstandard.com/p/the-hunger-g…
🎙️Is SA intentionally sabotaging its relationship with the US and gaslighting the world about it? Join the FMF’s @DavidAnsara, @Martin_ASFL and @ASZulu on the @RationalStand Podcast as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week. With a 30% US tariff on South…
🎙️Is SA intentionally sabotaging its relationship with the US and gaslighting the world about it? Join @DavidAnsara, @Martin_ASFL and @ASZulu on the Rational Standard Podcast as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week. LINK: youtube.com/live/8QMnTw83D…
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Is SA intentionally sabotaging its relationship with the US and gaslighting the world about it? rationalstandard.com/p/is-sa-intent…
Is SA intentionally sabotaging its relationship with the US and gaslighting the world about it? rationalstandard.com/p/is-sa-intent…
Africans can't even get along in South Africa. Most countries are either busy with a genocide, muslim extremism or corruption. Most African economies are in junk status. The only trading that will happen is between the hands of the corrupt dictators, killing each other for power,…
Intra-African trade is only 18% of total trade, compared to 60% in Europe. Structural barriers like infrastructure and corruption must first be overcome. Africa still needs the dollar.
Warning the wrong people. It's like taking Hitler aside and whispering, "Mein Fuhrer, if we're not careful we might hurt the Jews!" It's the point. Harm is the objective. The SA government is achieving its malicious aims. Act despite and independently of these cretins.
South Africa has been warned that it is dangerously close to being priced out of the world’s largest market unless Pretoria begins to take US objections seriously. businesstech.co.za/news/governmen…
Bluen’s response to the horrors and Evil of October 7th, the mass murder, rape, and torture of civilians by Hamas, has been silence or denial. rationalstandard.com/p/kelly-jo-blu…
1. Get tons of aid from Israel 2. Keep them stashed 3. Starve your people 4. Film the children crying as you get scraps 5. Broadcast through complicit media outlets 6. "Israel is evil!"
BEE Is Killing South Africa - by Nicholas Woode-Smith rationalstandard.com/p/bee-is-killi…
Israel’s existence is not a convenience. It is a necessity born of centuries of persecution, pogroms, and genocide. rationalstandard.com/p/kelly-jo-blu…
The AfDB loan to SA is a gift to corruption. History indicates that SA will be worse off, not better. I detail how it'll unfold in my article for the @RationalStand open.substack.com/pub/rationalst…
Cut civil service by 50%, repeal BEE to grow SA, says Moeletsi Mbeki news24.com/business/econo…
Austrian thinkers have long warned that without clear ownership, competition, and accountability, corruption becomes not an exception but a rational outcome. rationalstandard.com/p/the-afdbs-47…
For the millions of unemployed South Africans, owning a house and a car is but a dream. To turn their dreams into reality, they need jobs. rationalstandard.com/p/intervention…
