The Common Sense
04 September 2026
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Columns

What to Do With 100 Hung Councils

If you thought the 2024 coalition negotiations were fraught, just consider what will happen after November if 100-odd councils are deadlocked.

What to Do With 100 Hung Councils
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Columns

Only Countries in Decline Don’t Take Risks

Simon Lincoln Reader writes on the hysterical reaction to the flyover in Cape Town on Saturday and what it says about South Africa and the West.

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Politics

Crime Reporting Rates Fall as Trust in the Police is Lost

South Africans are ever less likely to report the crimes they suffer to the police.

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Politics

Could Motsepe Restore South Africa's Confidence in the GNU?

South Africans are growing sceptical of whether the GNU is working to save the country and improve their circumstances, but Bheki Mahlobo says that may change depending on who succeeds President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Politics

ANC Grip on Public Service Not Ending Anytime Soon

A reply to a parliamentary question shows that the ANC has no intention of changing its practice whereby public servants work more closely with ANC than ministers from other parties.

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We Ran the Farm Murder Numbers Using The Police's Own Data

We Ran the Farm Murder Numbers Using The Police's Own Data

Reine Opperman talks to Gabriel Makin about the very high risk farmers, of all races, face.

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