The Common Sense
12 August 2026
No. 99Subscribe

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Editorials

Ramaphosa and the GNU Suffer a Jobs Disaster

The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that South Africa’s unemployment increased over the past year. The number of people in jobs declined and almost two thirds of young people are jobless.

Ramaphosa and the GNU Suffer a Jobs Disaster
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Columns

Fire on the Point — Quis Nisi Nos?

Greg Mills writes on Ukrainian military innovation in the current war with Russia.

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Editorials

They’re Lying to You Again

It is extraordinary how the legacy media lies — this time it is about South Africa’s Expropriation Act.

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Culture

Women in South Africa – Abandoned by Men to Raise Families Alone

A new report by StatsSA finds that South Africa’s women are increasingly being abandoned by the country’s men, who are leaving them to raise children alone as marriage rates fall and where, despite gains in education, women can't find the jobs to ensure their socio-economic advantage.

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New Poll: South Africans Want Patrice Motsepe to Replace Ramaphosa

New Poll: South Africans Want Patrice Motsepe to Replace Ramaphosa

Gabriel Makin and Frans Cronje discuss the race to be the next leader of the ANC.

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