Helen Zille’s Greatest Concern: That the DA Would Go Woke

Joburg Is Owed R81 Billion and Owes R25 Billion

“We’re the Only Party That Has a Non-Racial Leadership”

How Are Employers Supposed to Classify Workers by Race?

Paula Slier writes on increasing tensions in the Horn of Africa as fears rise that the region could see another terrible conflict.  thecommonsense.co.za/editori…

“We Are Really the Pathbreaker for Humanity”

You Don’t Have to Like the DA. You Have to Love Joburg.

Is the Government Really Serious About Land Reform?

A mysterious nuclear flash near South Africa in 1979, radioactive sheep in Australia, and a possible Israeli connection left Jimmy Carter facing a Cold War dilemma. thecommonsense.co.za/culture…

What happened to the Victorian-era African megaproject that was the Cape-to-Cairo railway?  thecommonsense.co.za/culture…

The GNU Changed How Voters See the DA

The University of Cape Town has embroiled itself in another scandal over freedom of expression. An inquiry report recommends that advocate Mark Oppenheimer be disqualified from its Council and that fellow Council member David Ansara be suspended for six months. This Sunday the Council will be called upon to vote on whether Oppenheimer should be removed and Ansara sanctioned. f.mtr.cool/8ylhpoxyun

The ANC has won its legal battle against the IEC, allowing 181 previously excluded candidates to contest November’s municipal elections. f.mtr.cool/4dl5voxhef

The awarding of two different Nobel Prizes shows how the world is split into the forces of destruction and civilisation. f.mtr.cool/l7gdc9wm8k

South Africa desperately needs new sources of fixed investment and economic growth. The global artificial intelligence infrastructure boom offers an opportunity to attract billions in capital, expand electricity generation, and leapfrog into new industries. But opposition to industrial development threatens to hold the country back. f.mtr.cool/tiaob16jxh

The National Treasury’s determination to defend its fiscal targets despite a deteriorating economy is a reminder of how much South Africa owes to an institution whose competence and pragmatism are too often taken for granted. f.mtr.cool/5bbs9rxupb

Is Starlink Being Blocked Over Race?

Blue Mountain Racing says Formula One's decision to award Rwanda a 10-year Grand Prix agreement will not derail its plans to bring the sport to the Western Cape by 2031. f.mtr.cool/1bj8hmeoxd

South Africa has the ingredients for an industrial revival. So why are factories closing? Writing in The Common Sense, Jaco Kleynhans explains how electricity costs, failing logistics, and government policy are holding manufacturing back, and what must change. f.mtr.cool/wa4i33o29w

Check Yourself Before Blaming the DA