Budget 2026: Taxpayers Need Relief
David Ansara writes on how overstretched South African taxpayers are.
Columns
February 22, 2026
6 min read
Fly Me to the Moon
RW Johnson writes on the Artemis mission and the challenges of space travel and space colonisation.
Columns
February 22, 2026
12 min read
Legacy: Building What Lives Beyond You
Pastor Bert Pretorius reflects on the importance of building a lasting legacy, emphasising the power of beliefs, values, and practices that transcend generations.
Columns
February 22, 2026
14 min read
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.
Columns
February 22, 2026
12 min read
If the US Strikes Iran, What Will South Africa Do?
Benji Shulman discusses the potential consequences for South Africa's foreign policy if the United States strikes Iran.
Columns
February 21, 2026
10 min read
What the FT Gets Wrong About MAGA
Simon Lincoln Reader writes on the FT's portrayal of MAGA, and how elite commentary often mistakes social and economic frustration for populist irrationality.
Columns
February 21, 2026
6 min read
If Patrice Motsepe Does Take Over the ANC, What Could Happen Next?
The answer to the question of what a Motsepe presidency might mean for South Africa lies first in the assumptions that underpin his presidency and then in the execution risk around those assumptions.
Columns
February 20, 2026
6 min read
The Common Sense’s Diary
Rubio and the Rabbi both good, coming together through shared values, Jo’burgers ask politicians to smell them, everyone wants peace with the ANC, the DA divides its forces and lipsticks a pig, the government is odd.
Columns
February 18, 2026
3 min read
Why the Upside Case for South Africa is Plausible by 2029
Frans Cronje writes on why the prospect of a 3% economic growth rate by 2029, with a stable government in Pretoria and much reduced protest levels, is as plausible as any other scenario for the country.
Columns
February 16, 2026
6 min read
140 Years On: Johannesburg and the Long Shadow of the Reef
Jade Davenport writes on Johannesburg’s mining legacy and how voters in the city will need to vote for those who are willing to take that legacy on.
Columns
February 15, 2026
4 min read
