
David Christianson
David Christianson, a former academic, banker and financial journalist, is a consultant to the IRR. He was African Business Journalist of the Year in 2006. He consults in a number of development fields in sub-Saharan Africa, including regulation, local economic development, small business and business linkages.
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Why the St Lucia breach was needed
- By David Christianson
- . Jan 26, 2021
The artificial breaching of the mouth of Lake St Lucia in early January has elicited a surprising volume of negative coverage. But the previous (2016)

The case for opening the beaches
- By David Christianson
- . Nov 21, 2020
The shutdown of international travel in response to the Covid-19 epidemic has been a disaster for South Africa’s tourism industry. International tourist arrivals have fallen

St. Lucia inches towards solution
- By David Christianson
- . Oct 23, 2020
The symposium organised by the iSimangaliso Wetland Authority from 13 to 15 October was remarkable for the consensus that the sealing of the estuary mouth

St. Lucia inches towards solution
- By David Christianson
- . Oct 23, 2020
The symposium organised by the iSimangaliso Wetland Authority from 13 to 15 October was remarkable for the consensus that the sealing of the estuary mouth

Is Lake St Lucia dying?
- By David Christianson
- . Apr 4, 2020
iSimangaliso Wetland Park management has chosen a passive approach to managing the estuary mouth. It may need to rethink this approach with some urgency as

SA’s flawed social objective ignored
- By David Christianson
- . Feb 29, 2020
The one thing that President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to mention at all in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this month, or in the

Why growth is a means to an end
- By David Christianson
- . Jan 17, 2020
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) finds itself in agreement with almost all of the recommendations Professor Adam Habib’s twitter feed directed towards the leadership

Farmer’s reputation redeemed
- By David Christianson
- . Dec 25, 2019
The findings of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) into the complaint made by Grant Meyer against the television news report on the dispute with two

There is a BBBEE hole at the centre of SA’s public debate
- By semantica-admin
- . Oct 30, 2019
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) is the holy cow of South Africa’s public conversation. The racially selective government programme is the single biggest hurdle to