South Africans Back the US Against the Government on BEE and EWC

Washington has put black economic empowerment and expropriation at the centre of its concerns with South Africa — and South Africans are taking Washington's side.

POLITICS DESK

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22.9.2026

This is What Families Must do to Survive a Future South Africa

FRANS CRONJE -

22.9.2026

SA Farm Confidence Rising. Why?

CONVERSATIONS WITH GABRIEL -

22.9.2026

Agricultural Business Confidence Up but Future Concerns Remain

WANDILE SIHLOBO -

22.9.2026

Court Blocks Government’s Most Prescriptive Racial Procurement Regime Yet

NEWS DESK -

22.9.2026

The Legacy Media Is Getting a Lot Wrong About the November Elections

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

- 22.9.2026

Americans Are Trying to Buy the Springboks

FRANS CRONJE

- 22.9.2026

ANC “Always” Supported Meritocratic, Depoliticised Public Service – No, It Did Not

STAFF WRITER

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Doors Closed on Persecuted Christians

NEWS DESK

- 21.9.2026

SARB To Hike Rates on Wednesday to Defend the Rand

ECON DESK

- 21.9.2026

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The US Concerns are Correct and Valid

The South African government and much of the media have obfuscated, evaded, lied, and invented wild conspiracy theories about what gave rise to American concerns about the investment environment in South Africa in an effort to lead the public away from the fact that the US issues are valid and substantive and have to be addressed if South Africa’s economy and democracy are to recover.

HANNES VILJOEN

The Investment Industry Has a Forecasting Problem

Certainty sells, but forecasts fail. Good investing means building a portfolio that can survive when the experts get it wrong.

PAULA SLIER

A New Map for the World: Does It Matter?

RICHARD TREN

Dispatch from Washington

BENJI SHULMAN

South Africa Moves to Change the Legal Definition of Genocide — With a Little Help from Its Friends

DAVID ANSARA

The FMF heads to Washington DC

SHRTS

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PLLING

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Jacob Zuma Keeps a Foothold Among ANC Voters

How do voters for the ANC, DA and MK see Jacob Zuma? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are Far More Likely to View Pieter Groenewald Favourably

Does age change how voters see the Minister of Correctional Services? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The EFF's Appeal Sits With Voters Looking for Work

Does having a job change how voters feel about the EFF? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The DA's Support Still Stops at the Suburb Boundary

Where does the DA actually win voters over? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Age Divides How Voters See Julius Malema

Does age change how voters feel about Julius Malema? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Men and Women Split on Guaranteeing American Investments

Would voters guarantee American investments against expropriation? Men and women answer differently, and we have the numbers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Women Are Twice as Likely as Men to Have No View on the GNU's Smaller Parties

Do women and men judge the GNU's parties differently? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Job-Seekers Are Far More Likely Than Business Owners to Say Immigrants Take South Africans' Jobs

We asked voters whether immigrants are a main reason South Africa lacks jobs, and we have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are the Least Sympathetic to Immigrants

Does age change how voters feel about foreign immigrants? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Jacob Zuma Keeps a Foothold Among ANC Voters

How do voters for the ANC, DA and MK see Jacob Zuma? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are Far More Likely to View Pieter Groenewald Favourably

Does age change how voters see the Minister of Correctional Services? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The EFF's Appeal Sits With Voters Looking for Work

Does having a job change how voters feel about the EFF? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The DA's Support Still Stops at the Suburb Boundary

Where does the DA actually win voters over? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Age Divides How Voters See Julius Malema

Does age change how voters feel about Julius Malema? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Men and Women Split on Guaranteeing American Investments

Would voters guarantee American investments against expropriation? Men and women answer differently, and we have the numbers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Women Are Twice as Likely as Men to Have No View on the GNU's Smaller Parties

Do women and men judge the GNU's parties differently? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Job-Seekers Are Far More Likely Than Business Owners to Say Immigrants Take South Africans' Jobs

We asked voters whether immigrants are a main reason South Africa lacks jobs, and we have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are the Least Sympathetic to Immigrants

Does age change how voters feel about foreign immigrants? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Jacob Zuma Keeps a Foothold Among ANC Voters

How do voters for the ANC, DA and MK see Jacob Zuma? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are Far More Likely to View Pieter Groenewald Favourably

Does age change how voters see the Minister of Correctional Services? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The EFF's Appeal Sits With Voters Looking for Work

Does having a job change how voters feel about the EFF? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The DA's Support Still Stops at the Suburb Boundary

Where does the DA actually win voters over? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Age Divides How Voters See Julius Malema

Does age change how voters feel about Julius Malema? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Men and Women Split on Guaranteeing American Investments

Would voters guarantee American investments against expropriation? Men and women answer differently, and we have the numbers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Women Are Twice as Likely as Men to Have No View on the GNU's Smaller Parties

Do women and men judge the GNU's parties differently? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Job-Seekers Are Far More Likely Than Business Owners to Say Immigrants Take South Africans' Jobs

We asked voters whether immigrants are a main reason South Africa lacks jobs, and we have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are the Least Sympathetic to Immigrants

Does age change how voters feel about foreign immigrants? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Jacob Zuma Keeps a Foothold Among ANC Voters

How do voters for the ANC, DA and MK see Jacob Zuma? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are Far More Likely to View Pieter Groenewald Favourably

Does age change how voters see the Minister of Correctional Services? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The EFF's Appeal Sits With Voters Looking for Work

Does having a job change how voters feel about the EFF? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The DA's Support Still Stops at the Suburb Boundary

Where does the DA actually win voters over? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Age Divides How Voters See Julius Malema

Does age change how voters feel about Julius Malema? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Men and Women Split on Guaranteeing American Investments

Would voters guarantee American investments against expropriation? Men and women answer differently, and we have the numbers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Women Are Twice as Likely as Men to Have No View on the GNU's Smaller Parties

Do women and men judge the GNU's parties differently? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Job-Seekers Are Far More Likely Than Business Owners to Say Immigrants Take South Africans' Jobs

We asked voters whether immigrants are a main reason South Africa lacks jobs, and we have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Over 65 Are the Least Sympathetic to Immigrants

Does age change how voters feel about foreign immigrants? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

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Americans Are Trying to Buy the Springboks

THE COMMON SENSE

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22.9.2026

ANC's End Game, Enclaves, and What America Wants From SA (Q&A)

THE COMMON SENSE

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21.9.2026

South Africans Owe Their Municipalities R470 Billion

THE COMMON SENSE

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20.9.2026

Private Money Runs This Public Beach

THE COMMON SENSE

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19.9.2026

South Africans Are Poorer In 2026 Than In 2008

THE COMMON SENSE

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17.9.2026

Americans Are Trying to Buy the Springboks

THE COMMON SENSE

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22.9.2026

ANC's End Game, Enclaves, and What America Wants From SA (Q&A)

THE COMMON SENSE

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21.9.2026

South Africans Owe Their Municipalities R470 Billion

THE COMMON SENSE

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20.9.2026

Private Money Runs This Public Beach

THE COMMON SENSE

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19.9.2026

South Africans Are Poorer In 2026 Than In 2008

THE COMMON SENSE

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17.9.2026

Thriving in SA’s enclaves

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This is What Families Must do to Survive a Future South Africa

The Common Sense’s guide to South Africa's enclave future.

FRANS CRONJE

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22.9.2026

How To Thrive In South Africa's Enclave Future: (Members Special)

FRANS CRONJE

South Africans Are Doing It for Themselves

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Majority of South Africans Say Communities Are Taking Over Government’s Job

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Only Upsides for SA’s Middle Classes if They Do These Things

FRANS CRONJE

How To Thrive In South Africa's Enclave Future: (Members Special)

FRANS CRONJE

South Africans Are Doing It for Themselves

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Majority of South Africans Say Communities Are Taking Over Government’s Job

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Only Upsides for SA’s Middle Classes if They Do These Things

FRANS CRONJE

PLITICS

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This is What Families Must do to Survive a Future South Africa

The Common Sense’s guide to South Africa's enclave future.

FRANS CRONJE

Court Blocks Government’s Most Prescriptive Racial Procurement Regime Yet

NEWS DESK