Editorials

The appointment of Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to Washington gives the African National Congress (ANC) a real opportunity to repair and improve one of the country’s most important foreign relationships.

Editorials

If Julius Malema were to serve five years in prison, the effect would be immediate and material for the ANC, the EFF, and the future of the country.

Politics

A majority of people in South Africa do not believe that Donald Trump is correct about what is happening to white people in this country.

Editorials

In the best news, new data from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a Johannesburg-based think tank, shows that the public remains strongly committed to interracial cooperation, with 89% of respondents to a recent survey agreeing “that the different races need each other for progress”, up from an already strong 84% in 2025.

Politics

Next week, The Common Sense will release a special report on predatory crime in South Africa. The analysis and graphs below are a teaser of that report, and an initial insight at the numbers behind a crisis that is widely felt but poorly understood.