11 September 2026Good Morning
Below follows today’s briefing from The Common Sense.
Today's Briefing
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Politics
Is There a Future for White South Africans?
A reader recently had the courage to ask a question many white people think about but seldom express publicly. The Common Sense took it seriously and thought hard about the answer.
Politics
Looming Local Government Chaos: How a Party Could Win a Majority in a Council with Less than 50% of the Vote
An as-yet undiscovered risk lurks in the formula used to calculate which parties will control which municipalities after the November local government vote.
Columns
Are Digital Nomads Destroying Cape Town?
What the sale of a house in Bishopcourt tells us about is happening in the Fairest Cape.
Politics
UK Leads the World in Escalating Sanctions on Israel
Britain has announced its most extensive package of measures yet against Israeli settlement activity, including a planned ban on settlement goods and new powers to sanction companies involved in expanding settlements.
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South Africa's Election Maths Problem, the Black Vote Shatters, the Falklands, and Wouter Basson
In this week's Talking Sense the panel discusses possible local government election chaos, a fragmenting South African black vote, the Falklands, the US midterms, Wouter Basson, and a rare win for school reform.
