CONVERSATIONS WITH GABRIEL

Wandile Sihlobo tells Gabriel Makin what makes Zimbabwe so important for South Africa’s agricultural sector.

What is life actually like inside South Africa’s first post-apartheid Parliament where the ANC doesn’t hold a majority?

Wandile Sihlobo tells Gabriel Makin about South Africa’s food price inflation trends and what could happen next year with food costs.

Gabriel Makin talks to DA mayoral candidate for Tshwane, Cilliers Brink.

Gabriel Makin and Wandile Sihlobo discuss the extension of AGOA and the importance of the US to South African agriculture.

Gabriel Makin talks to the CEO of AfriForum, Kallie Kriel.

Wandile Sihlobo explains South Africa's place in the global agricultural market.

Gabriel Makin discusses the ongoing political and economic travails of the UK with Lord Daniel Hannan.

Minister Dean Macpherson joins The Common Sense to discuss his work in government.

Gabriel Makin talks to GG Alcock about the vast informal economy that exists in South Africa's townships.

Gabriel Makin speaks with Omry Makgoale, a 1976 Soweto Uprisings student leader, who reflects on the protests, the police violence, his exile and role in MK, and what the struggle’s legacy means for accountability and democracy in South Africa today.

Gabriel Makin talks to Richard Wilkinson about the rise of critical race theory in South African schools, unpacking woke activism, identity politics, and the School Capture project’s fight to expose the impact of all this on students and teachers.

Advocate Mark Oppenheimer talks about the free speech landscape in South Africa.

In this episode of Conversations with Gabriel, Gabriel Makin speaks to Rob Katzen about how a group of old boys helped turn Johannesburg’s Jeppe High School for Boys from a declining public school into one of South Africa’s strongest education success stories.

Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein discusses attempts by the South African government to regulate religion.

In this episode of Conversations with Gabriel, Gabriel sits down with Professor William Gumede for a wide-ranging discussion on South Africa’s political and economic moment.

Gabriel Makin is joined by producer, pastor, and YouTuber Bonsai Shongwe for a wide-ranging conversation on Christianity, politics, and culture in South Africa.

Gabriel Makin speaks to DA Head of Policy Mat Cuthbert about the party’s Economic Inclusion for All Bill, crime reform, and the DA’s wider path to forcing real policy change in South Africa.

A wide-ranging interview with Haniff Hoosen on his return to politics, the deepening crisis in Durban, and his plan to restore the city while assessing the Democratic Alliance’s chances in the metro.

South African agriculture may be stronger than many think, as Wandile Sihlobo backs market-led land reform, shows real interest in a new financing push for black farmers, and warns that rural violence could still derail it all.