Is AgriSA Setting Up to Betray South Africa’s Farmers – Again?

This week, AgriSA, South Africa’s largest agricultural union, made the peculiar announcement that it was partnering with a group sympathetic to the state’s efforts to downplay the origins, context, and seriousness of farm attacks in South Africa.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

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Ramaphosa Lied: Ian Cameron

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Inequality is the Problem. Or Is It?

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The Scale of South Africa’s Farm Killings Crisis

MARK OPPENHEIMER

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Ask Not for Whom the Revolution Bays, It Bays for You. Gentlemen and Lady

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

- 1.10.2026

MTN’s Iran Quagmire Deepens

ECON DESK

- 1.10.2026

Joshua Meservey: The US Has Run Out Of Patience With SA. Visa Bans Are Only Step One

GABRIEL MAKIN

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Wandile Sihlobo: SA Food Inflation Is At A 16-Year Low. El Niño Could End That In 2027

GABRIEL MAKIN

- 30.9.2026

JORDAN GRIFFITHS

Hiding and Concealing Candidates Is Undemocratic Cowardice

Jordan Griffiths says political parties are hiding their proportional representation candidates from voters. The Democratic Alliance has mounted a court challenge to force greater electoral transparency.

LEO BRENT BOZELL III

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.

KOOS MALAN

The ANC’s American Dilemma

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Policy Choices, Not Counter-Revolution, Sank the ANC

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The Common Sense’s Diary

WANDILE SIHLOBO

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

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ANC Voters Are Paying More Attention to the Election. DA Voters Are Paying Less.

Who is thinking about November, and who has stopped? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten Say South Africa Is Going the Wrong Way

Has anything changed the national mood since the coalition took office? 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

ANC Voters Are Paying More Attention to the Election. DA Voters Are Paying Less.

Who is thinking about November, and who has stopped? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten Say South Africa Is Going the Wrong Way

Has anything changed the national mood since the coalition took office? 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

ANC Voters Are Paying More Attention to the Election. DA Voters Are Paying Less.

Who is thinking about November, and who has stopped? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten Say South Africa Is Going the Wrong Way

Has anything changed the national mood since the coalition took office? 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

ANC Voters Are Paying More Attention to the Election. DA Voters Are Paying Less.

Who is thinking about November, and who has stopped? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten Say South Africa Is Going the Wrong Way

Has anything changed the national mood since the coalition took office? 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

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VIDES

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Investors Think South Africa Is Safe Again. November's Elections Could Prove Them Wrong

THE COMMON SENSE

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30.9.2026

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

Investors Think South Africa Is Safe Again. November's Elections Could Prove Them Wrong

THE COMMON SENSE

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30.9.2026

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

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)

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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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US Expert Warns Targeted Financial Sanctions Could Follow US Visa Restrictions

Joshua Meservey, a senior analyst at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC, has told The Common Sense that targeted financial sanctions could follow visa restrictions unless Pretoria addresses Washington’s concerns.

POLITICS DESK

KZN Election Preparations on Track as IEC Reports No “No-Go Areas”

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Ramaphosa Lied: Ian Cameron

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Inequality is the Problem. Or Is It?

NEWS DESK

MTN’s Iran Quagmire Deepens

ECON DESK

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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?

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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

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

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GLBAL

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US Expert Warns Targeted Financial Sanctions Could Follow US Visa Restrictions

Joshua Meservey, a senior analyst at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC, has told The Common Sense that targeted financial sanctions could follow visa restrictions unless Pretoria addresses Washington’s concerns.

POLITICS DESK

MTN’s Iran Quagmire Deepens

ECON DESK

Dispatch from Washington

RICHARD TREN

When Trouble in Mozambique Crosses the Border

PAULA SLIER

Hard Right, Hard Left Each Win State Election in Germany

STAFF WRITER

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Joshua Meservey: The US Has Run Out Of Patience With SA. Visa Bans Are Only Step One

THE COMMON SENSE

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1.10.2026

Wandile Sihlobo: SA Food Inflation Is At A 16-Year Low. El Niño Could End That In 2027

THE COMMON SENSE

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30.9.2026

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

Joshua Meservey: The US Has Run Out Of Patience With SA. Visa Bans Are Only Step One

THE COMMON SENSE

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1.10.2026

Wandile Sihlobo: SA Food Inflation Is At A 16-Year Low. El Niño Could End That In 2027

THE COMMON SENSE

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30.9.2026

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

ECNOMICS

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Inequality is the Problem. Or Is It?

India and China have seen their levels of poverty decline significantly, while inequality has risen. Is the cost worth it?

NEWS DESK

MTN’s Iran Quagmire Deepens

ECON DESK

South Africa’s Formal Job Losses Persist into a Fourth Year

ECONOMICS DESK

Township Businesses Do Not Lack Ambition: Government Red Tape is Locking Them Out

MLONDI MDLULI

If SA Had Grown at Emerging-Market Rates, More Than 10 Million People Would Have Been Lifted Out of Poverty

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

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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