While centrist commentators fixate on the Sweden Democrats’s modest drop from 20.5% to 17.6%, the far more important fact is this: SD’s policies are no longer radical. They are mainstream. The “setback” narrative is a distraction. SD entered parliament in 2010 with 5.7%. They now sit at 17.6% and have permanently moved the Overton window….

The ongoing collapse of Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is attributed to decades of mismanagement by the Makana Local Municipality, with several interlocking causes. The first is serious Financial mismanagement – The municipality has received a “disclaimer of opinion” from the Auditor-General every year since 2018/19, and its liabilities exceeded its assets by R813 million. Revenue collection…