The Common Sense
25 September 2026
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SA Farm Families Take Their Suffering to Washington

As Washington prepares to commemorate murdered South African farmers, The Common Sense research shows the exceptional danger facing farmers in the country.

SA Farm Families Take Their Suffering to Washington
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Columns

Rural schools Are Being Kept Back Because of Satellite Policy

How Starlink could help a local school for poor children in rural Mpumalanga.

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Columns

Lamola’s Ill-Considered Jaunt to the US

What is South Africa’s foreign minister doing in the United States, meeting with the hard left? Experience shows it won’t end well.

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Politics

This is What Families Must do to Survive a Future South Africa

The Common Sense’s guide to South Africa's enclave future.

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Politics

Private Sector to Help Produce South Africa’s FMD Vaccine

Government will allow private companies to use Agricultural Research Council intellectual property to manufacture foot and mouth disease vaccines at scale.

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The GNU Risk Markets Are Missing, the DA Takes SA's Cities, AI Doomers, and Germany's Split

The GNU Risk Markets Are Missing, the DA Takes SA's Cities, AI Doomers, and Germany's Split

In this week's Talking Sense the panel discusses markets and the GNU, the DA overtaking the ANC in the metros, the ConCourt ruling on racial procurement, and Germany’s political extremes surging.

The ANC Has Lost South Africa's Cities. Is the Country Next?

The ANC Has Lost South Africa's Cities. Is the Country Next?

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