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Frans Cronje
Frans Cronje was educated at St John’s College in Houghton and holds a PHD in scenario planning. He has been at the IRR for 15 years and established its Centre for Risk Analysis as a scenario focused research unit servicing the strategic intelligence needs of corporate and government clients. It uses deep-dive data analysis and first hand political and policy information to advise groups with interests in South Africa on the likely long term economic, social, and political evolution of the country. He has advised several hundred South African corporations, foreign investors, and policy shapers. He is the author of two books on South Africa’s future and scenarios from those books have been presented to an estimated 30 000 people. He writes a weekly column for Rapport and teaches scenario based strategy at the business school of the University of the Free State.
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US result shows how left-wing media bias has tainted America
- By Frans Cronje
- . Nov 4, 2020
Polling in the final week before the US election yesterday suggested that Joe Biden would win the popular vote by a landslide. The Real Clear
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US result shows how left-wing media bias has tainted America
- By Frans Cronje
- . Nov 4, 2020
Polling in the final week before the US election yesterday suggested that Joe Biden would win the popular vote by a landslide. The Real Clear
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What Cabinet’s deliberations on sale of underpants say about the prospects for structural reform
- By Frans Cronje
- . May 14, 2020
In a speech delivered at the end of April, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said ‘…COVID-19 also offers us an opportunity to accelerate the implementation of some
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Act now, or else: steps SA must take to avoid long-term recession
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 5, 2020
Two weeks ago, I asked my colleagues to turn the considerable policy and advisory capacity of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) to the question
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The hard truth about SA in 2020 – no reformists means no reform
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Feb 15, 2020
Will 2020 will be the year of great political reform in South Africa? This is the question I was asked to address just a few
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The second (and third) waves of state capture are coming
- By Frans Cronje
- . Feb 9, 2020
The first wave of state capture had its origins in the cadre deployment and transformation policies of the African National Congress (ANC) which degenerated into
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Don’t throw the little guy under the EWC bus
- By Frans Cronje
- . Feb 5, 2020
Last week, mortgage lending firm, SA Home Loans, took to social media to state that in the event of a client’s property being expropriated, the
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The wood and the trees: what are liberals to do if small-c conservatives succeed in tackling the socialists?
- By Frans Cronje
- . Jan 26, 2020
There is a case to be made that Herman Mashaba and his new political party might just break into a potential political vacuum and be
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Mainstream news manipulation and disinformation in the aftermath of the DA leadership changes
- By Frans Cronje
- . Nov 12, 2019
The outright lying, disinformation, and news manipulation of the mainstream media reached record levels in response to the leadership changes in the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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From Nelson Mandela to Wilkins Micawber – South Africa since the 1990s
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 3, 2019
After listening to the mini-budget this week, I think I understand what is going on; we are being governed by Wilkins Micawber, a character from