The Common Sense
23 September 2026
No. 129Subscribe

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Politics

SA’s Cities Have Moved Away from the ANC: Is the Country Next?

The DA has overtaken the ANC in the cities. What does that mean for November?

SA’s Cities Have Moved Away from the ANC: Is the Country Next?
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Economics & Policy

The Only Energy Policy That Matters, and the One Pretoria Is Not Following

In Houston in Texas last week the world's largest economies agreed that cheap, reliable power comes first, and that a richer country is a greener one. Pretoria was barred from the table and remains committed to the opposite course.

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Global

Hard Right, Hard Left Each Win State Election in Germany

Voters are increasingly turning away from the centre in Germany as AfD and Die Linke emerge victorious in key state elections.

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Columns

The Common Sense’s Diary

Hand-wringing on JNZ, the elites dare blame the poor, the poor are more pragmatic, the elites must carry the can, they did a lot of the damage, perhaps most of it, now they deny that.

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More than 60% of ANC Voters Support America's BEE Demand

More than 60% of ANC Voters Support America's BEE Demand

New polling shows South Africans back Washington's demands on BEE and expropriation, and the support…

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