No Sunshine if Ukraine Falls
Greg Mills and Ray Hartley write on what the world, especially Africa, can learn from Ukraine in its current war with Russia.
9.9.2026 |
Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
The ANC’s Misplaced Urgency
The ANC is urgently approaching the courts to get the candidates it forgot to register for November on the ballot, when getting the vote share up will be better helped by scrapping the policies that crushed party support.
9.9.2026 |
The Editorial Board
We Cannot Fix South Africa’s Municipalities Without Fixing South Africa
South Africa’s municipalities are collapsing – Terence Corrigan proposes some (hard) fixes.
8.9.2026 |
Terence Corrigan
The Common Sense's View on the ANC
The question over what to do with the ANC as it falls apart shows just how far and how fast South Africa has changed.
2.9.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Taking the MKP Seriously
Duduzane Zuma’s rise to the deputy leader role in the MKP means that the party may have solved its greatest short-term risk – succession – and may now be primed to grow strongly and even to overtake the ANC.
14.8.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Akademia and Builders vs Breakers
You will not see a better explanation of why the ANC lost the country than South Africa’s former education minister, Naledi Pandor, calling for the state to tear down a university.
13.8.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Ramaphosa and the GNU Suffer a Jobs Disaster
The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that South Africa’s unemployment increased over the past year. The number of people in jobs declined and almost two thirds of young people are jobless.
12.8.2026 |
The Editorial Board
They’re Lying to You Again
It is extraordinary how the legacy media lies — this time it is about South Africa’s Expropriation Act.
12.8.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Is the “Third Force” Back – And Driving Political Change in South Africa?
If the Third Force is back and again directing political events in South Africa, its actions are both highly effective and, this time, legitimate.
9.8.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Government’s Own Gun Figures Show Why The Firearms Bill Needs a Factual Reset
Marco van Niekerk writes on why the government’s own firearm-murder figures undermine the case for further restrictions on licensed firearm owners.
8.8.2026 |
Marco van Niekerk
