The Common Sense
26 March 2026
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Editorials

Rethinking Empowerment Policy for South Africa’s Future

South Africa’s empowerment policies must focus on tangible investments and job creation, with tradable scorecards, to drive long-term economic growth.

Rethinking Empowerment Policy for South Africa’s Future
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Politics

DA, MK Neck-and-Neck in Polling Among Black Voters

The DA is more popular than the EFF among black voters.

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Politics

Boost for Western Cape Independence Bid as FF+ and Referendum Party Merge

FF+ picks up a little independence in the Cape.

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Politics

Steenhuisen Folds Under Legal Pressure to Allow Private Vaccine Procurement and Administration

Legal pressure forces policy shift on private FMD vaccines as farmers gain limited access under veterinary oversight.

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Politics

PA Wins – Again – in the Western Cape

A bad day for the ANC as it shrinks in Cape Town and loses in Oudtshoorn.

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Makin Sense of Violent Crime In South Africa, Cuba, Good News For FMD, And New Marriage Statistics

Makin Sense of Violent Crime In South Africa, Cuba, Good News For FMD, And New Marriage Statistics

In this episode, the panel explains how two agricultural unions and a business lobby group are pressuring the minister of agriculture, through the courts, to allow private vaccine procurement and administration to combat the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic. It then talks through the political madness of the UK and Western energy policy broadly amidst the Iran war. Dr James Myburgh then provides a fascinating deep-dive analysis of the origins of South Africa's violent crime pandemic and its ties to armed liberation-era movements. The panel then talks about new marriage data published by The Common Sense and why the drop in the marriage to divorce rate bodes ill for the country's long-term stability.

Jacob Zuma and What Might Have Been

Jacob Zuma and What Might Have Been

In this astonishing exchange Frans Cronje and the panel talk about Jacob Zuma and how if elite socie…

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