Koos Malan

Koos Malan is a contributor to The Common Sense.

The West: Languishing from Adolf and Angela’s Nihilism

The West: Languishing from Adolf and Angela’s Nihilism

Koos Malan writes on extreme nationalism and globalist liberalism in the West.

3.5.2026 |

Koos Malan

Nothing Wrong With DA Salary Top Ups

Nothing Wrong With DA Salary Top Ups

Koos Malan writes on the additional remuneration given to certain Democratic Alliance politicians.

18.4.2026 |

Koos Malan

John Steenhuisen and His Circle’s Anti-Constitutionalist and ANC-Light Misbehaviour

John Steenhuisen and His Circle’s Anti-Constitutionalist and ANC-Light Misbehaviour

Professor Koos Malan critiques John Steenhuisen's ideological shift, warning that his actions could align the DA with ANC-style totalitarianism and undermine the party's constitutionalist values.

29.3.2026 |

Koos Malan

Marco Rubio in Munich and the Paleo-Western Renaissance

Marco Rubio in Munich and the Paleo-Western Renaissance

Koos Malan writes on Marco Rubio's address at the Munich Security Conference.

15.3.2026 |

Koos Malan

Rising to the Challenge of the New World Order

Rising to the Challenge of the New World Order

Koos Malan argues that the much‑celebrated rules‑based international order has always been a mirage, and that balance of power politics, not multilateral law, has been the true guarantor of peace among great powers.

22.2.2026 |

Koos Malan

Don't Cry For The Dated “Rules-Based” Order

Don't Cry For The Dated “Rules-Based” Order

Koos Malan writes on how Trump’s Davos message and Carney’s warning suggest the old global rules-based order is spent, and power balances will decide peace.

8.2.2026 |

Koos Malan

There is No Supreme International Law

There is No Supreme International Law

Koos Malan writes on how recent global events show that power, not principle, determines international conduct, revealing the limits of the so-called rules-based order.

15.1.2026 |

Koos Malan

Who Possesses the Tools of Government in South Africa?

Who Possesses the Tools of Government in South Africa?

Koos Malan writes on how business and organised civil society have stepped in to repair a weakened South African state, and why they must guard their independence against an ANC still committed to totalitarian control.

16.12.2025 |

Koos Malan

Societal Constitutionalism in the Place of the Moribund State

Societal Constitutionalism in the Place of the Moribund State

Koos Malan says a new type of constitutionalism may be emerging.

30.11.2025 |

Koos Malan

Anger and Distress about Invasions into Our Sovereignty

Anger and Distress about Invasions into Our Sovereignty

Regular Common Sense columnist Koos Malan argues that what the ANC complains are attacks on South Africa's sovereignty are in fact the predictable consequences of its own policies.

15.11.2025 |

Koos Malan

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