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thecommonsense.co.za > Editorials > ernst-roets-doing-good-thing

Ernst Roets is Doing a Good Thing on Farm Murders

15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (421+ words) – September 14, 2026 The project is being driven by Ernst Roets and his new Lex Libertas think tank. Roets is a hardliner and former deputy CEO of AfriForum. He is perhaps the most hardline Afrikaner leader South Africa has produced since the…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Editorials > how-equal-education-sadtu-work-stunt-poor-black-children

How Equal Education and SADTU Work to Stunt Poor Black Children

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (335+ words) – September 10, 2026 There has been no starker case study of this than the multi-year lobby and court action the two groups have run against the introduction of what is, in practice, a variation of the charter school model for South Africa,…...


thecommonsense.co.za > polls > only-three-ten-anc-voters-say-ramaphosa-innocent

Only Three in Ten ANC Voters Say Ramaphosa Is Innocent

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (129+ words) – September 10, 2026 To support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary, subscribe below. Full access to insight, analysis, and data. Help shape an organisation committed to our values. We asked voters whether the country is on…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Editorials > the-ancs-misplaced-urgency-1

The ANC’s Misplaced Urgency

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (460+ words) – September 9, 2026 Two things happened in South Africa this past week. The African National Congress (ANC) forgot to register some of its candidates with the Electoral Commission (IEC) for the November elections and South Africa’s economic growth rate came in at…...


thecommonsense.co.za > polls > voters-want-illegal-immigrants-gone-blame-anc-problem

Voters Want Illegal Immigrants Gone, But Blame the ANC for the

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (101+ words) – September 8, 2026 To support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary, subscribe below. Full access to insight, analysis, and data. Help shape an organisation committed to our values. We asked voters whether their standard of living…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Politics > in-the-end-even-cyril-ramaphosa-s-grand-plan-to-hold-the-anc-together-failed

In the End, Even Cyril Ramaphosa’s Grand Plan to Hold the ANC

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (957+ words) – September 7, 2026 Ramaphosa has consistently argued that ANC unity and preservation of the ANC family (ANC, SACP, COSATU, and their splinters in the MKP and the EFF) was essential to the party’s political survival and ability to govern. That “the unity…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Editorials > great-campus-circus-how-anc-turned-universities-into-luxury

The Great Campus Circus: How the ANC Turned Universities into

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (423+ words) – September 7, 2026 The great political sleight of hand of modern South Africa is the quiet, magnificent transformation of higher education from a rigorous pursuit of intellectual excellence into an all-inclusive, state-subsidised resort experience. The “Dignity” Defence and Fiscal Altruism Yet, in…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Politics > how-johannesburg-could-be-broken-up-be-saved

How Johannesburg Could be Broken up to be Saved

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (519+ words) – September 7, 2026 The proposal is not that these regions be retained – rather that the concept they speak to be pursued into a new set of municipalities where the interests of the residents align into viable stand-alone entities that are either self-financing…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Politics > more-than-half-all-municipalities-could-be-hung-after

More Than Half of All Municipalities Could Be Hung After November

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (365+ words) – September 3, 2026 The chart below shows support for the ANC set against the number of hung councils after each local government election since 2000. The data for 2026 are based on polling from The Common Sense, in conjunction with the Social Research Foundation,…...


thecommonsense.co.za > Politics > anc-blames-iec-after-missing-candidate-deadline

ANC Blames IEC After Missing Candidate Deadline

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (540+ words) – September 2, 2026 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has rejected a claim by the African National Congress (ANC) that a technical failure prevented it from submitting some of its municipal election candidates before the deadline. The ANC said problems with…...