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THE EDITORIAL BOARD

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12.10.2026

This is What Has Happened to Jacob Zuma and These Are The Implications

THE EDITORIAL BOARD -

12.10.2026

Jeffery: ANC’s “People’s War” Still Shapes South Africa Today

STAFF WRITER -

12.10.2026

Give the DA an Outright Mandate, Says Hill-Lewis

POLITICS WRITER -

12.10.2026

South Africa’s Problems Remain Remarkably Easy to Fix

THE EDITORIAL BOARD -

12.10.2026

DA Voters Have Turned Against Gayton McKenzie

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

- 12.10.2026

This is Why The Common Sense was Created: The Case for Optimism About South Africa and Its People

FRANS CRONJE

- 12.10.2026

The Case for Deepening Chinese Commercial Investment in South Africa

ECONOMICS DESK

- 12.10.2026

I Watched the Rot Begin in Local Government: A Johannesburg Councillor on the Price of No Consequence Management

IVOR BLUMENTHAL

- 12.10.2026

Cilliers Brink: Why the DA Won’t Rescue Tshwane with Just Any Coalition Partner

GABRIEL MAKIN

- 12.10.2026

JADE DAVENPORT

Obedience is Not Patriotism

Neal Froneman’s critiques of the government are not because he does not love the country – quite the opposite.

IAN CAMERON

Thousands of Convicted Sex Offenders Missing from Register

Ian Cameron writes that parents will be shocked to learn that 10 748 convicted sex offenders are still missing from the national register, while the public remains unable to access it.

PAULA SLIER

When the Facts Don't Fit the Story

BENJI SHULMAN

JAG’s “Homecoming” Exhibition is a Must-See. Just Don’t Read the Curator Notes

DAVID ANSARA

Reflecting on the White Cross Project

SIMON LINCOLN READER

The Madness of King Zack (and his Greens)

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Seven in Ten ANC Voters Still Like Ramaphosa, Down From More Than Eight in Ten

Ramaphosa's standing with voters as a whole has fallen in every round. What about his own party's voters? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

DA Voters Have Turned Against Gayton McKenzie

Eighteen months ago DA voters liked the Patriotic Alliance leader more than they disliked him. What do they think now? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

As More Voters Get to Know Hill-Lewis, More of Them Like Him

Six months into the job, how do voters rate the DA's new leader, and how many have a view at all? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Opposition to an ANC and DA Coalition Has Halved Among the ANC's Own Voters

Who still objects to the two parties governing together? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Israelis Have Lost Faith That Two States Can Live in Peace

Three years after 7 October, what do Israelis think a two-state peace would look like? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Nearly Half of Voters Put Jobs in Their Top Two Priorities

What do voters want the government to fix first? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Only One Party Is Trusted to Run a Municipality on Its Own

What do voters think would happen if a single party held the majority where they live? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Two Thirds of Voters Want the ANC and DA to Keep Governing Together

If no party wins a majority in November, what do voters want to happen in their municipality? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More Voters Dislike the EFF Than Like It

How do voters feel about the EFF, and has that changed? We have the answers, visualised for free just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten ANC Voters Still Like Ramaphosa, Down From More Than Eight in Ten

Ramaphosa's standing with voters as a whole has fallen in every round. What about his own party's voters? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

DA Voters Have Turned Against Gayton McKenzie

Eighteen months ago DA voters liked the Patriotic Alliance leader more than they disliked him. What do they think now? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

As More Voters Get to Know Hill-Lewis, More of Them Like Him

Six months into the job, how do voters rate the DA's new leader, and how many have a view at all? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Opposition to an ANC and DA Coalition Has Halved Among the ANC's Own Voters

Who still objects to the two parties governing together? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Israelis Have Lost Faith That Two States Can Live in Peace

Three years after 7 October, what do Israelis think a two-state peace would look like? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Nearly Half of Voters Put Jobs in Their Top Two Priorities

What do voters want the government to fix first? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Only One Party Is Trusted to Run a Municipality on Its Own

What do voters think would happen if a single party held the majority where they live? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Two Thirds of Voters Want the ANC and DA to Keep Governing Together

If no party wins a majority in November, what do voters want to happen in their municipality? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More Voters Dislike the EFF Than Like It

How do voters feel about the EFF, and has that changed? We have the answers, visualised for free just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten ANC Voters Still Like Ramaphosa, Down From More Than Eight in Ten

Ramaphosa's standing with voters as a whole has fallen in every round. What about his own party's voters? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

DA Voters Have Turned Against Gayton McKenzie

Eighteen months ago DA voters liked the Patriotic Alliance leader more than they disliked him. What do they think now? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

As More Voters Get to Know Hill-Lewis, More of Them Like Him

Six months into the job, how do voters rate the DA's new leader, and how many have a view at all? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Opposition to an ANC and DA Coalition Has Halved Among the ANC's Own Voters

Who still objects to the two parties governing together? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Israelis Have Lost Faith That Two States Can Live in Peace

Three years after 7 October, what do Israelis think a two-state peace would look like? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Nearly Half of Voters Put Jobs in Their Top Two Priorities

What do voters want the government to fix first? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Only One Party Is Trusted to Run a Municipality on Its Own

What do voters think would happen if a single party held the majority where they live? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Two Thirds of Voters Want the ANC and DA to Keep Governing Together

If no party wins a majority in November, what do voters want to happen in their municipality? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More Voters Dislike the EFF Than Like It

How do voters feel about the EFF, and has that changed? We have the answers, visualised for free just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Seven in Ten ANC Voters Still Like Ramaphosa, Down From More Than Eight in Ten

Ramaphosa's standing with voters as a whole has fallen in every round. What about his own party's voters? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

DA Voters Have Turned Against Gayton McKenzie

Eighteen months ago DA voters liked the Patriotic Alliance leader more than they disliked him. What do they think now? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

As More Voters Get to Know Hill-Lewis, More of Them Like Him

Six months into the job, how do voters rate the DA's new leader, and how many have a view at all? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Opposition to an ANC and DA Coalition Has Halved Among the ANC's Own Voters

Who still objects to the two parties governing together? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Israelis Have Lost Faith That Two States Can Live in Peace

Three years after 7 October, what do Israelis think a two-state peace would look like? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Nearly Half of Voters Put Jobs in Their Top Two Priorities

What do voters want the government to fix first? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Only One Party Is Trusted to Run a Municipality on Its Own

What do voters think would happen if a single party held the majority where they live? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

Two Thirds of Voters Want the ANC and DA to Keep Governing Together

If no party wins a majority in November, what do voters want to happen in their municipality? We have the answers, visualised just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

More Voters Dislike the EFF Than Like It

How do voters feel about the EFF, and has that changed? We have the answers, visualised for free just for you.

POLLING CORRESPONDENT

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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1.10.2026

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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1.10.2026

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

Commemorating October 7th

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Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein Reflects on Three Years Since October 7

The Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Dr Warren Goldstein, explains to Gabriel Makin what the October 7 attacks meant for South African Jewry.

GABRIEL MAKIN

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7.10.2026

What Survives Beyond the Debate

RAPHAEL REHBOCK

Three Years After October 7, We Will Not Apologise for Standing with Israel

CRAIG PANTANOWITZ

October 7, Three Years On: Doron Libshtein on the Day Hamas Killed His Brother at Kfar Aza

GABRIEL MAKIN

October 7 Three Years on — A Pearl Harbour Moment in the Middle East

BENJI SHULMAN

What Survives Beyond the Debate

RAPHAEL REHBOCK

Three Years After October 7, We Will Not Apologise for Standing with Israel

CRAIG PANTANOWITZ

October 7, Three Years On: Doron Libshtein on the Day Hamas Killed His Brother at Kfar Aza

GABRIEL MAKIN

October 7 Three Years on — A Pearl Harbour Moment in the Middle East

BENJI SHULMAN

PLITICS

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This is What Has Happened to Jacob Zuma and These Are The Implications

Jacob Zuma has suffered a medical event that ahead of the local government elections, and amidst the deployment of the military to KwaZulu-Natal, has implications for South Africa's immediate and long-term stability.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Jeffery: ANC’s “People’s War” Still Shapes South Africa Today

STAFF WRITER

Give the DA an Outright Mandate, Says Hill-Lewis

POLITICS WRITER

This is Why The Common Sense was Created: The Case for Optimism About South Africa and Its People

FRANS CRONJE

NPA Weighs Greater Independence from Justice Department

STAFF WRITER

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Thriving in SA’s enclaves

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The Common Sense's Latest Scenarios: Reform Now Less Likely

In this subscribers-only video Frans Cronje discusses the latest scenarios from The Common Sense and explains what has changed.

FRANS CRONJE

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7.10.2026

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

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

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

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

GLBAL

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Meservey Warns Pretoria Faces Next US Step

Hudson Institute analyst Joshua Meservey says Washington has lost patience with talks and expects the US to intensify pressure on Pretoria.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU

US Expert Warns Targeted Financial Sanctions Could Follow US Visa Restrictions

POLITICS DESK

MTN’s Iran Quagmire Deepens

ECON DESK

Dispatch from Washington

RICHARD TREN

When Trouble in Mozambique Crosses the Border

PAULA SLIER

PDCASTS

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Cilliers Brink: Why the DA Won’t Rescue Tshwane with Just Any Coalition Partner

THE COMMON SENSE

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12.10.2026

Should the DA Refuse to Govern Joburg? Record Diesel Prices and Mbalula’s Expropriation Lies

THE COMMON SENSE

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11.10.2026

Mbeki’s Counter-Revolution Theory, Myburgh in Washington, and the 10 Million SA Left in Poverty

THE COMMON SENSE

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8.10.2026

Princy Mthombeni: South Africa Is Expected to Carry the Burden of Failed African States

THE COMMON SENSE

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8.10.2026

Cilliers Brink: Why the DA Won’t Rescue Tshwane with Just Any Coalition Partner

THE COMMON SENSE

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12.10.2026

Should the DA Refuse to Govern Joburg? Record Diesel Prices and Mbalula’s Expropriation Lies

THE COMMON SENSE

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11.10.2026

Mbeki’s Counter-Revolution Theory, Myburgh in Washington, and the 10 Million SA Left in Poverty

THE COMMON SENSE

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8.10.2026

Princy Mthombeni: South Africa Is Expected to Carry the Burden of Failed African States

THE COMMON SENSE

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8.10.2026

ECNOMICS

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The Case for Deepening Chinese Commercial Investment in South Africa

China’s transformation of South Africa’s auto sales industry points to the vast advantages that may accrue to South Africa from deepening Chinese commercial investment in the country.

ECONOMICS DESK

South African Parents Built Their Own School Bus System

ECONOMICS DESK

What the Low Fixed Investment Number Means for South Africa’s Future

ECONOMICS DESK

Explosive Maker Sells Out to India

DAVID CHRISTIANSON

Multiracial Households in South Africa Grow Eight-Hundred-Fold in 20 Years

STAFF WRITER

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Multiracial Households in South Africa Grow Eight-Hundred-Fold in 20 Years

The proportion of multiracial households has grown strongly in the last 20 years, reflecting how South Africa has changed.

STAFF WRITER

Multiracial Households in South Africa Grow Eight-Hundred-Fold in 20 Years

Young Women May Be Making a Mistake They Cannot Undo

Is Your TV Spying on You?

SPRTS

The Greatest Ever South Africa-Australia Combined Test XI

With South Africa and Australia renewing their historic Test rivalry at Kingsmead in Durban this weekend, The Common Sense has selected the greatest combined Test XI from the two countries, featuring some of cricket’s most extraordinary batting and bowling records.

SPORTS DESK