The "Full Truth" About SA/US Relations

US Ambassador to South Africa, L. Brent Bozell III, writes on "the full truth" of what has transpired between Washington and Pretoria and what must be done to restore sound relations.

LEO BRENT BOZELL III

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29.9.2026

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29.9.2026

A New Generation of French Catholics Finds Its Voice – And Its Numbers

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29.9.2026

Lamola Accuses Israel of Genocide at UN

FOREIGN DESK -

29.9.2026

Hiding and Concealing Candidates Is Undemocratic Cowardice

JORDAN GRIFFITHS -

29.9.2026

Ramaphosa Warns of Investment Harm After Farm Murder Vigil

POLITICS DESK

- 29.9.2026

Business Leaders Seek Date for Delayed Electricity Market

STAFF WRITER

- 29.9.2026

Cape Town Just Beat Race-Based Procurement at the Constitutional Court

FRANS CRONJE

- 29.9.2026

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

- 29.9.2026

The Common Sense’s Diary

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

- 29.9.2026

WANDILE SIHLOBO

Good Harvests Help to Keep Food Inflation Low, But War and Weather Could Intervene

Wandile Sihlobo writes on how bumper harvests are keeping South Africa’s food inflation low, and why war and drought could push prices higher.

RICHARD TREN

Dispatch from Washington

Richard Tren writes on the view from Washington on the latest global developments.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

How Racial Ideology Continues to Poison the University of Cape Town

PAULA SLIER

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SHRTS

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Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Have voters turned on the Government of National Unity, or on the party leading it? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

How has the president's standing with voters changed since the GNU was formed? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Who has changed their mind about the ANC's performance in government? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

How do voters see the ANC's secretary-general, and what changed between March and July? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

How have South Africa's retired voters changed their minds since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

Where has the president lost ground since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

Who do ANC voters want to lead them after Cyril Ramaphosa, and has that changed since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Has the Government of National Unity made life better? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Is the Government of National Unity losing support, or is one of its partners? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Have voters turned on the Government of National Unity, or on the party leading it? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

How has the president's standing with voters changed since the GNU was formed? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Who has changed their mind about the ANC's performance in government? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

How do voters see the ANC's secretary-general, and what changed between March and July? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

How have South Africa's retired voters changed their minds since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

Where has the president lost ground since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

Who do ANC voters want to lead them after Cyril Ramaphosa, and has that changed since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Has the Government of National Unity made life better? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Is the Government of National Unity losing support, or is one of its partners? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Have voters turned on the Government of National Unity, or on the party leading it? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

How has the president's standing with voters changed since the GNU was formed? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Who has changed their mind about the ANC's performance in government? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

How do voters see the ANC's secretary-general, and what changed between March and July? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

How have South Africa's retired voters changed their minds since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

Where has the president lost ground since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

Who do ANC voters want to lead them after Cyril Ramaphosa, and has that changed since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Has the Government of National Unity made life better? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Is the Government of National Unity losing support, or is one of its partners? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Have voters turned on the Government of National Unity, or on the party leading it? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

How has the president's standing with voters changed since the GNU was formed? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Who has changed their mind about the ANC's performance in government? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

How do voters see the ANC's secretary-general, and what changed between March and July? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

How have South Africa's retired voters changed their minds since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

Where has the president lost ground since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

Who do ANC voters want to lead them after Cyril Ramaphosa, and has that changed since March? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Has the Government of National Unity made life better? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Is the Government of National Unity losing support, or is one of its partners? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

VIDES

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Cape Town Just Beat Race-Based Procurement at the Constitutional Court

THE COMMON SENSE

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29.9.2026

How South Africa's Farm Murders Began and Why the ANC Stopped Fighting Them

THE COMMON SENSE

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28.9.2026

Frans Cronje: Why the DA Could Be Right to Walk Out of the GNU

THE COMMON SENSE

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26.9.2026

The ANC Has Lost South Africa's Cities. Is the Country Next?

THE COMMON SENSE

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25.9.2026

More than 60% of ANC Voters Support America's BEE Demand

THE COMMON SENSE

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23.9.2026

Cape Town Just Beat Race-Based Procurement at the Constitutional Court

THE COMMON SENSE

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29.9.2026

How South Africa's Farm Murders Began and Why the ANC Stopped Fighting Them

THE COMMON SENSE

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28.9.2026

Frans Cronje: Why the DA Could Be Right to Walk Out of the GNU

THE COMMON SENSE

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26.9.2026

The ANC Has Lost South Africa's Cities. Is the Country Next?

THE COMMON SENSE

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25.9.2026

More than 60% of ANC Voters Support America's BEE Demand

THE COMMON SENSE

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23.9.2026

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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24.9.2026

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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SIU Secures R42.4 Million Asset Freeze in Tembisa Hospital Corruption Probe

Assets linked to alleged procurement corruption involving hospital officials and networks of suppliers have been frozen.

STAFF WRITER

Lamola Accuses Israel of Genocide at UN

FOREIGN DESK

Ramaphosa Warns of Investment Harm After Farm Murder Vigil

POLITICS DESK

Mbeki Says the ANC was Brought Down by an Orchestrated Counter-Revolution

POLITICS DESK

ANC Calls AfriForum Racist in Defence of Mbalula

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LGE 2026: Latest Polling

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Special Report: Election 2026 — The Latest Polling

The latest polling from the SRF and The Common Sense reveals where South Africans stand ahead of the November 2026 local elections, from party support and presidential succession to the GNU, immigration, corruption, and expropriation.

GABRIEL MAKIN

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15.8.2026

The ANC Still Has a Way Back

POLITICS DESK

Is the “Third Force” Back – And Driving Political Change in South Africa?

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

This Is Who Black South Africans Want to Vote For

STAFF WRITER

What the ANC’s Terminal Decline Means for the Future of South Africa

FRANS CRONJE

The ANC Still Has a Way Back

POLITICS DESK

Is the “Third Force” Back – And Driving Political Change in South Africa?

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

This Is Who Black South Africans Want to Vote For

STAFF WRITER

What the ANC’s Terminal Decline Means for the Future of South Africa

FRANS CRONJE

GLBAL

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Dispatch from Washington

Richard Tren writes on the view from Washington on the latest global developments.

RICHARD TREN

When Trouble in Mozambique Crosses the Border

PAULA SLIER

Hard Right, Hard Left Each Win State Election in Germany

STAFF WRITER

The Only Energy Policy That Matters, and the One Pretoria Is Not Following

WARWICK GREY

Doors Closed on Persecuted Christians

NEWS DESK

PDCASTS

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Princy Mthombeni Wants to Rewrite the South African Constitution

THE COMMON SENSE

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28.9.2026

The GNU Risk Markets Are Missing, the DA Takes SA's Cities, AI Doomers, and Germany's Split

THE COMMON SENSE

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26.9.2026

SA Farm Confidence Rising. Why?

THE COMMON SENSE

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22.9.2026

Springboks For Sale, America Sanctions the ANC, a Serial Killer, Somaliland, and the Enclave Future

THE COMMON SENSE

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18.9.2026

Princy Mthombeni Wants to Rewrite the South African Constitution

THE COMMON SENSE

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28.9.2026

The GNU Risk Markets Are Missing, the DA Takes SA's Cities, AI Doomers, and Germany's Split

THE COMMON SENSE

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26.9.2026

SA Farm Confidence Rising. Why?

THE COMMON SENSE

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22.9.2026

Springboks For Sale, America Sanctions the ANC, a Serial Killer, Somaliland, and the Enclave Future

THE COMMON SENSE

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18.9.2026

ECNOMICS

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Business Leaders Seek Date for Delayed Electricity Market

Business Leadership South Africa wants a launch date for a market where electricity producers would compete for buyers, potentially helping to restrain prices.

STAFF WRITER

South Africans Are Marrying Later

NEWS DESK

Good Harvests Help to Keep Food Inflation Low, But War and Weather Could Intervene

WANDILE SIHLOBO

The Miracle of Compounding

WOUTER VILJOEN

South Africans More Positive About AI Than People in Rich Countries

ECON DESK

LFE

Young Women May Be Making a Mistake They Cannot Undo

Under the influence of progressive, or woke, ideology women have been taught to see marriage and motherhood as threats to independence, and as a consequence, Western women are marrying later, having fewer children, and increasingly rejecting motherhood altogether. Many only realise the costs of those mistakes once they are too late to reverse.

CULTURE CORRESPONDENT

Young Women May Be Making a Mistake They Cannot Undo

Is Your TV Spying on You?

Stick to the Bible at Mass

SPRTS

Rabada in Proteas Squad, Ackerman Gets Debut Call-up

Anrich Nortje gets a surprise callup as Shukri Conrad names a strong squad to face Australia.

SPORTS DESK

The "Full Truth" About SA/US Relations

SIU Secures R42.4 Million Asset Freeze in Tembisa Hospital Corruption Probe

A New Generation of French Catholics Finds Its Voice – And Its Numbers

Lamola Accuses Israel of Genocide at UN

Hiding and Concealing Candidates Is Undemocratic Cowardice

Ramaphosa Warns of Investment Harm After Farm Murder Vigil

Business Leaders Seek Date for Delayed Electricity Market

Cape Town Just Beat Race-Based Procurement at the Constitutional Court

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

The Common Sense’s Diary

Good Harvests Help to Keep Food Inflation Low, But War and Weather Could Intervene

Dispatch from Washington

Reform Is a Moral Question

The Miracle of Compounding

How Racial Ideology Continues to Poison the University of Cape Town

When Trouble in Mozambique Crosses the Border

SHRTS

PLLING

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

Voters Think More of the GNU Than of Either Party In It

Ramaphosa Has Fallen in Every Reading Since Early Last Year

The ANC Is Losing the Voters Who Were Giving It Credit

Older Voters Turned on Fikile Mbalula Before the Election Lists Went Wrong

Among Retired Voters, Ramaphosa Is Down and Zuma Is Up

Ramaphosa Has Lost Half His Support Among the Oldest Voters

More ANC Voters Are Backing Nobody to Succeed Ramaphosa

The GNU's Gains Are Felt by the ANC's Voters, Not by Its Partner's

Voters Have Turned on the ANC in the GNU, Not on the DA

VIDES

Cape Town Just Beat Race-Based Procurement at the Constitutional Court

How South Africa's Farm Murders Began and Why the ANC Stopped Fighting Them

Frans Cronje: Why the DA Could Be Right to Walk Out of the GNU

The ANC Has Lost South Africa's Cities. Is the Country Next?

More than 60% of ANC Voters Support America's BEE Demand

Cape Town Just Beat Race-Based Procurement at the Constitutional Court

How South Africa's Farm Murders Began and Why the ANC Stopped Fighting Them

Frans Cronje: Why the DA Could Be Right to Walk Out of the GNU

The ANC Has Lost South Africa's Cities. Is the Country Next?

More than 60% of ANC Voters Support America's BEE Demand

Thriving in SA’s enclaves

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

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

South Africans Are Doing It for Themselves

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

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

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

South Africans Are Doing It for Themselves

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

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

PLITICS

SIU Secures R42.4 Million Asset Freeze in Tembisa Hospital Corruption Probe

Lamola Accuses Israel of Genocide at UN

Ramaphosa Warns of Investment Harm After Farm Murder Vigil

Mbeki Says the ANC was Brought Down by an Orchestrated Counter-Revolution