A restrained DA does not have what it takes to fix Joburg 

Last week in The Common Sense, David Ansara outlined what it would take to arrest Johannesburg’s accelerating collapse. 

Economy growing, but is it enough?

Nicholas Lorimer and Chris Hattingh discuss the GDP figures for the first quarter of 2026. They also discuss the Mining Department’s failure to implement new systems and the DA’s visit to the Zulu King. https://www.youtube.com/live/AIunYy0Z5dw?si=F7-SM8blMk-8hP_h

The promised crackdown on illegal immigration: a show of force, but that is all

On Sunday evening, when President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on illegal immigration, he had two tasks.

The US War with Iran - it was supposed to be easier than this…

There is a particular kind of hubris that afflicts powerful states on the eve of a war they expect to win quickly. It is the conviction that the enemy will behave according to the planner's model rather than its own

Ramaphosa’s forked tongue on immigration

The president condemns xenophobic violence while validating the very falsehoods that fuel it. The mob he warns against is the mob his own party helped create.

Malema’s dodgy cop ally

Ricardo Teixeira and Nicholas Lorimer discuss Malema’s connections to Feroz Khan, which have emerged at the Madlanga Commission. They also discuss Morero’s recent promotion and rising xenophobia. https://www.youtube.com/live/PD6Eqa0VZec?si=4IcBxuj_8gQjw2S1

Bullish much?

No jobs: The dashed dreams resulting from a stalled economy 

Watching a Bloomberg documentary on the Stilfontein mining disaster, I came to the realisation that these zama-zamas know full well the illegality of their actions, but to them the difference between legal and illegal work is immaterial.  They work to put food on the table, put