Hermann Pretorius
Hermann Pretorius studied law and opera before entering politics and, latterly, joining the IRR as an analyst. He is presently the IRR’s Head of Strategic Communication. He describes himself as a Protestant, landless, Anglophilic, Afrikaans classical liberal.
Articles By This Author
The critical flaws in the ANC-DA coalition folly
With the dust starting to settle on the 2024 elections, the ANC plummeting to a historic low of 40% and the DA recovering from 2019
How the DA can win the 2024 national election
The 2024 election results will be chaotic. With no party in a majority, President Cyril Ramaphosa will probably call for a government of national unity
Rise Mzansi, despite good intentions, ends up sharpening Vorster’s pencils
Rise Mzansi’s manifesto, unveiled on 20 January with ambitions to contest the national and provincial elections, brings a seemingly refreshing perspective to South Africa’s political
Time for South Africans to disown the peddlers of poverty
When Sébastien de Place, president of the Foreign Trade Advisors for France in South Africa, warned the government last week of the risk to foreign
Key to better SA is a growing economy
With the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) just days away, the government must realise that increasing taxes to fund reckless, wasteful, and inefficient spending would
The arrogance of power: the ANC’s assault on accountability
Civil liberties in South Africa are at grave risk, with police brutality and state violence being commonplace and, seemingly, untamed. It is vital to understand
Even the aged buffalo has horns: understanding the stubborn and formidable strength of the ANC
In about 600 days, South Africans will be voting in the 2024 elections. For the first time since the middle of the twentieth century, just
Inflation and incumbency: a tiger on the prowl
A key theme of global politics is starting to emerge: incumbents shouldn’t sleep too soundly – the tiger of inflation is loose and scenting blood.
Show South Africans you are serious
It is approximately 680 days until the 2024 national and provincial elections, elections that will be unlike anything we’ve seen: an election in which the
Boris Johnson: he let the moment move on without him
It feels like only last week: the Conservative Party, with Boris Johnson as leader, charging to the most significant Tory election victory since Margaret Thatcher.