The Common Sense
02 October 2026
No. 135Subscribe

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Editorials

Is AgriSA Setting Up to Betray South Africa’s Farmers – Again?

This week, AgriSA, South Africa’s largest agricultural union, made the peculiar announcement that it was partnering with a group sympathetic to the state’s efforts to downplay the origins, context, and seriousness of farm attacks in South Africa.

Is AgriSA Setting Up to Betray South Africa’s Farmers – Again?
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Economics & Policy

South Africa Loses 435 000 Formal Jobs as Real Wage Bill Shrinks

South Africa’s formal non-agricultural employment has fallen by 4.0% since June 2023, while the total wage bill has declined by 1.6% after inflation.

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Economics & Policy

SA Set for Record Diesel and Petrol Prices Next Wednesday

South African consumers should ready themselves for all-time high fuel prices next week.

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Columns

Attacks on AfriForum are Backfiring

Simon Lincoln Reader writes that going after non-crooks with the same or even more vigour as real crooks should be grounds to section a reporter under local mental health prescripts.

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Mbeki’s Counter-Revolution Theory, Myburgh in Washington, and the 10 Million SA Left in Poverty

Mbeki’s Counter-Revolution Theory, Myburgh in Washington, and the 10 Million SA Left in Poverty

In the latest episode of Talking Sense the panel discusses Thabo Mbeki’s explanation for the ANC’s decline, farm attacks, and FMD vaccines.

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