The Common Sense
30 September 2026
No. 133Subscribe

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The "Full Truth" About SA/US Relations

US Ambassador to South Africa, L. Brent Bozell III, writes on "the full truth" of what has transpired between Washington and Pretoria and what must be done to restore sound relations.

The "Full Truth" About SA/US Relations
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Columns

Policy Choices, Not Counter-Revolution, Sank the ANC

Thabo Mbeki has published a daring thesis that the ANC was brought down by the most extraordinary conspiracy involving sleeper agents secreted within that party during the dying days of apartheid, with the objective of later collapsing it from within to create conditions in which private capital and Afrikaner institutions could assume the state’s functions.

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Economics & Policy

If SA Had Grown at Emerging-Market Rates, More Than 10 Million People Would Have Been Lifted Out of Poverty

According to an analysis conducted by The Common Sense, If the South African economy had grown at an average of 5% a year since 2008 the number of South Africans living in poverty would be about half of what it is today.

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Columns

The ANC’s American Dilemma

The African National Congress is out of its depth in its struggle with the United States.

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Politics

Lamola Accuses Israel of Genocide at UN

South Africa’s foreign minister calls for international action against Israel while urging an end to sanctions against Cuba and Zimbabwe.

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