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Is the DA Going to Exit the GNU?
The future of South Africa’s Government of National Unity is under growing scrutiny as shifts within the Democratic Alliance raise the prospect of a more conditional, and potentially fragile, governing arrangement – while the implications of a DA exit could be severe.

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The Problem with SA Foreign Policy – Moral Equivalence and Selective Ambivalence
Ray Hartley and Greg Mills on the historical roots of South Africa’s muddled foreign policy.
Politics
Bittereinders Youth Leader Arrest Exposes Russian Support for SA’s White Right
A strange alliance between a right-wing Afrikaner youth leader and anti-Western black nationalist has exposed a Russian intelligence operation.
Politics
America is On Board, But Will Roelf Meyer Have Pretoria’s Support?
Whether or not Roelf Meyer achieves a trade deal and investment pact in America will depend on whether he has Pretoria’s support to do that.
Politics
Armed Residential Robbery Rate Has Increased Fivefold Since 1994
The crime that South Africans fear the most is being violently attacked in their own homes and new research published by The Common Sense shows that the rate per capita of such armed home invasions has increased by over 500% over the past thirty years.
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Why The ANC Lost The 2024 Election - Premium Subscriber Content
This briefing, available to premium subscribers, sees Frans Cronje unpack how a decades long chain from confidence to investment to jobs to living standards ultimately shaped protest behaviour and drove the African National Congress into its May 2024 electoral setback.
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