What Will Happen to You If the GNU Breaks Up?
The break-up of South Africa’s GNU will have four distinct effects on the lives and livelihoods of all South Africans. In this article, The Common Sense sets out the six questions South Africans need to be able to answer, if they are to survive such a doomsday apocalypse.
8.4.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Woke Left vs Woke Right: The Solution Lies in Traditional Values
A return to traditional Western values offers the only stable path between the excesses of the woke left and the emerging intolerance of the woke right.
7.4.2026 |
The Editorial Board
The Common Sense's Diary
Here we stand – we can do no other: what The Common Sense believes
31.3.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Proposed Gun Law Changes Put South Africa’s Shooting Sports Sector at Risk
A proposed amendment to South Africa’s firearm laws is drawing concern from shooting sports participants and advocacy groups, who warn it could have far-reaching consequences beyond its stated aims.
28.3.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Rethinking Empowerment Policy for South Africa’s Future
South Africa’s empowerment policies must focus on tangible investments and job creation, with tradable scorecards, to drive long-term economic growth.
27.3.2026 |
The Editorial Board
The Common Sense's Diary
A tragic thing, Chris Wright could help, four other tragic things, and one very great thing.
25.3.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Beyond Mars and the Next Frontier of Space Exploration
Much of the solar system is horribly uninhabitable for humans.
22.3.2026 |
RW Johnson
Bozell, US Need to Quickly Grasp SA Government’s Strategy
Jaco Kleynhans argues that the ANC’s handling of the Bozell dispute reflects a deliberate “balance of forces” strategy, warning that the US must quickly recognise and counter South Africa’s long-standing anti-Western foreign policy posture to avoid being strategically outmanoeuvred.
21.3.2026 |
Jaco Kleynhans
Playing Pass the Parcel with Palestine
Could campus politics point to how the ANC might pivot on the Middle East?
21.3.2026 |
Benji Shulman
How South Africa Gets Bozell Wrong
Simon Lincoln Reader writes on how South Africa gets the US Ambassador wrong.
21.3.2026 |
Simon Lincoln Reader
