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Today's Briefing
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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.

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.
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.
Columns
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.
Columns
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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