08 June 2026Good Morning
Below follows today’s briefing from The Common Sense.
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Politics
Protests Are Heating Up in South Africa This Winter – Here’s Why
Frans Cronje breaks down what’s driving protest action across South Africa this winter, and why the risk is higher than many realise, in the latest episode of The Frans Cronje Show on The Common Sense.
Politics
Coalition Likely in Bloem in November
Free State’s only metro likely to see no party win a majority.
Politics
Political Parties Taking Over R1 Billion From Taxpayers Annually
Forget the hype about which private individuals are giving what sums to political parties, that all pales in comparison to the vast sums that political parties are voting for themselves out of the money paid from taxpayers.
Columns
What Foreign Investors are Being Told About South Africa’s Next Two Years
The upshot is this, “Mr Ramaphosa hangs on, fixed investment remains in the 15% zone, and growth necessarily therefore in the 1% rut, and the enclave phenomenon deepens, establishing a very interesting emerging market that causes South Africa to remain broadly stable in the relative sense of the thing.”
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Podcast & Video of the Day
No Factories, No Votes, No Accountability, South Africa and the West Are Failing the Same Way
This week’s panel dissects South African politics, deindustrialisation, Labour’s global lessons, police failures in the Henry Nowak case, Democrats’ missteps, and ANC-DA coalition polling insights.
