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Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith is Democratic Alliance federal leader John Steenhuisen’s chief of staff.

Latest Work

ECONOMIC SELF-SABOTAGE

11 August 2026

Decades in the making, SA’s embassies are in ruin

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Ryan Smith

30 March 2021

SA needs to destigmatise Afrikaans, not condemn it in perpetuity as the language of apartheid

6 min

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Ryan Smith

1 December 2020

Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA is EFF-lite in disguise

5 min

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Ryan Smith

17 May 2020

Calling for an end to lockdown does not come from a place of privilege

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Ryan Smith

16 January 2020

South Africans have to stop holding out for a hero

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Ryan Smith

8 March 2019

Where is the ANC’s Western Cape Premier candidate?

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