The Common Sense
17 July 2026
No. 81Subscribe

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This Is What State Capture Actually Looks Like

While Tony Leon is falsely accused of state capture, in South Africa’s administrative capital a city manager who strengthened financial controls and exposed suspected corruption has been railroaded into suspension by a political coalition that wants to loot the state.

This Is What State Capture Actually Looks Like
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Economics & Policy

South African Pension Assets Among World’s Top 20 Biggest

Pension funds are one of the country’s greatest strategic assets and may be a target of nationalisation by the government.

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Economics & Policy

Does China’s Debt Problem Justify a Bet Against Beijing?

Bheki Mahlobo writes on whether the Chinese poses a real risk to the global economy, or whether Beijing has the strategic acumen to grow out of its deepening deficit.

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Columns

South Africa’s Forensic Collapse: Rationed Justice for Some, None for Others

Ian Cameron writes on the rape crisis in South Africa.

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Columns

South Africa’s Real Diplomats

David Ansara writes on who really cares about South Africa's interests abroad.

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