Are foreign powers funding the ongoing nationwide protests?
It is concerning to hear the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, insinuate that the ongoing anti-immigrant protests are being coordinated by foreign powers allegedly displeased with South Africa's decision to bring a case against the State of
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Gutting firms of HR may save the future of work
Ordinarily not predisposed to heaping upon praise on tech bros, I can’t help but think one of them has just revealed how to save the future of work. At a recent Fortune event, Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow remarked that he’d
South Africa’s fat bloated government
Ofentse Davhie and Nicholas Lorimer discuss calls for restrictions on the size of South Africa’s executive. They also discuss the significant vulnerabilities in the South African government’s web infrastructure. Lastly, they discuss the banning of a Somali football official from
Will the PIE Amendment Bill solve land invasions?
The government claims that an escalating crisis of property hijackings and unlawful land invasions – long encouraged by the PIE Act – will be curtailed by the PIE Amendment Bill, which creates a better “balance.” This claim is false.
Public pressure can help bust corruption
In the seminal case now known as Glenister Two, the Constitutional Court laid down that SA law requires “a body outside executive control” to deal with corruption effectively. The motivation for this ruling is clearly that placing such an entity
A restrained DA does not have what it takes to fix Joburg
Last week in The Common Sense, David Ansara outlined what it would take to arrest Johannesburg’s accelerating collapse.
Economy growing, but is it enough?
Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the GDP figures for the first quarter of 2026. They also discuss the Mining Department’s failure to implement new systems and the DA’s visit to the Zulu King. https://www.youtube.com/live/AIunYy0Z5dw?si=F7-SM8blMk-8hP_h
The promised crackdown on illegal immigration: a show of force, but that is all
On Sunday evening, when President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on illegal immigration, he had two tasks.
The US War with Iran - it was supposed to be easier than this…
There is a particular kind of hubris that afflicts powerful states on the eve of a war they expect to win quickly. It is the conviction that the enemy will behave according to the planner's model rather than its own