At first glance South Africans may seem divided along race and political party lines, but there is a great deal of common ground, with new ...

ActionSA’s surprisingly strong polling numbers could determine whether the DA wins outright majorities in Johannesburg and ...

The latest polling from the SRF and The Common Sense reveals where South Africans stand ahead of the November 2026 local elections, from party support and presidential succession to the GNU, ...

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The Democratic Alliance (DA) is likely to be the biggest party in Johannesburg by some distance in next month’s local ...

This is a paid article which your subscription is allowing you to read. Support for the African National Congress (ANC) is now barely above 30%, ahead of next month’s local government elections (LGE).

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Bheki Mahlobo, the economics editor of The Common Sense, joins Gabriel Makin to explain what the latest fixed investment figures say about South Africa. The fixed investment rate measures how much ...

There is a convention that newspapers should not tell their readers who to vote for. In part because this newspaper is trying to up-end that world, and ...

The DA is seeking a criminal investigation into alleged failures at a Tshwane water treatment plant after up to 160 people fell ill. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will open a criminal case ...

The ANC is down to almost single digits in a city where it nearly won a majority in the last municipal election. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is likely to be the biggest party in eThekwini, but ...