3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (343+ words) – September 10, 2026 South Africa’s public debate about lethal violence gives considerable attention to the murder of women. The country’s crime statistics demand that the much larger number of men being killed receives comparable scrutiny. The opposite is true. The Common Sense…...

3+ day, 19+ 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…...

4+ day, 19+ 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…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (490+ words) – September 7, 2026 Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has warned that organised crime and syndicate activity pose a growing threat to the integrity of South Africa’s law-enforcement institutions. Speaking at the University of Johannesburg’s Combating Corruption Summit last week, Kubayi punctuated an otherwise…...

6+ day, 19+ 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…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (71+ words) The Common Sense In this clip from Talking Sense James Myburgh discusses the latest crime statistics which show the number of murders in South Africa declining. South Africa has a completely dysfunctional police service and yet murders keep falling. James…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (843+ words) – September 5, 2026 The time may finally have come to state what has long been obvious: South Africa’s flawed foreign policy has been years in the making. It is the result of ideological rigidity, weak and indecisive leadership, an old grudge against…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) – September 3, 2026 What do the construction mafia, zama-zamas, March and March, vigilante organisations, the Trump administration, AfriForum, and the rise of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) have in common? They represent a spectrum of hardline actors whose influence rose in response…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (104+ words) – September 2, 2026 The retailer’s expansion shows that South Africans reward companies that keep prices down, improve convenience, and respond to customers instead of instructing them. Pretoria has returned to the ICJ to increase pressure on Israel and the US just as…...