The Common Sense
09 September 2026
No. 119Subscribe

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Below follows today’s briefing from The Common Sense.

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The ANC’s Misplaced Urgency

The ANC is urgently approaching the courts to get the candidates it forgot to register for November on the ballot, when getting the vote share up will be better helped by scrapping the policies that crushed party support.

The ANC’s Misplaced Urgency
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Economics & Policy

The Government is Running Out of Taxpayers

South Africa has fewer than one million serious taxpayers left, and each of those now supports around 35 social grant recipients.

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Politics

The DA is on the Cusp of a Breakthrough Among Black Voters in Johannesburg. Will That Give Zille a Majority?

Data show that the DA, EFF, and ANC are neck-and-neck among black voters in Johannesburg, two months before the local government elections in that city.

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The 0.9% Growth Number Shows That South Africans Are Getting Poorer

South Africa’s 0.9% economic growth number is lower than its rate of population growth, meaning that on a per capita basis, the country is getting poorer.

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We Cannot Fix South Africa’s Municipalities Without Fixing South Africa

South Africa’s municipalities are collapsing – Terence Corrigan proposes some (hard) fixes.

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A Severe Drought is Coming for South Africa

A Severe Drought is Coming for South Africa

Wandile Sihlobo talks to Gabriel Makin about the drought risk facing Southern Africa this year.

The DA Declared R104m in Donations. The ANC, MKP, and EFF: R0

The DA Declared R104m in Donations. The ANC, MKP, and EFF: R0

In this clip from Talking Sense, Frans Cronje looks at ANC administrative chaos while James Myburgh…

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