14 August 2026Good Morning
Below follows today’s briefing from The Common Sense.
Today's Briefing
Top 5 Stories
Editorials
Taking the MKP Seriously
Duduzane Zuma’s rise to the deputy leader role in the MKP means that the party may have solved its greatest short-term risk – succession – and may now be primed to grow strongly and even to overtake the ANC.
Columns
The South African Liberal Identity Crisis: If it Can Move Right, Can it Also Move Left?
Viv Vermaak writes on the contradictions of South African liberalism.
Politics
Political Assassinations Mount as South Africa Heads Toward Local Elections
Already more than 20 people have been killed in political hits this year, with concerns growing that the number could rise.
Politics
DA Will Retain Cape Town — Analyst
A statistical model shows that the DA will retain Cape Town and be the biggest party in all three Gauteng metros.
Columns
The Strange Case of Zack and Jason
Simon Lincoln Reader writes on the similarities between Jason Arday and Zack Polanski.
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Podcast & Video of the Day
Duduzane Zuma, the DA Manifesto, and America’s Cost of Living
This week the panel discusses the the fact that black South Africans are more keen to move to the US as refugees than white South Africans, the rise of the MKP, a strange decision by the Church of England, and what the DA has promised in its local government manifesto.
New Poll: The DA Leads in Pretoria as ANC Support Collapses to 32%
Gabriel Makin and Frans Cronje discuss the latest polling from Tshwane.
