

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.
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Inflation and incumbency: a tiger on the prowl
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Jul 25, 2022
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
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Jun 26, 2022
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
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Jun 7, 2022
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.

Post-ANC governance: is this it?
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Apr 17, 2022
We’re four months into new governments in some of the key cities of our country. And after more than 120 days of the trial run

Ignorant armies, confused alarms of struggle and flight
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Apr 3, 2022
‘And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.’ From Dover

Democracy denied: FAN takes fight for free and fair elections for all to High Court
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Mar 2, 2022
02-03-2022 Freedom Advocacy Network Media Statement 2 March 2022 Democracy denied: FAN takes fight for free and fair elections for all to High Court The
Catch ’24: Trump, DeSantis, and the future of the Grand Old Party
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Feb 20, 2022
Is the Republican Party inching towards a post-Trump era? A recent article in The Economist looking at polling and fundraising numbers from the United States

Catch ’24: Trump, DeSantis, and the future of the Grand Old Party
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Feb 20, 2022
Is the Republican Party inching towards a post-Trump era? A recent article in The Economist looking at polling and fundraising numbers from the United States

Human dignity, property rights, and the land of monsters
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Sep 4, 2021
The notion of property rights is often considered or treated, even by proponents, as some separate conceptual set of things – something that can be

Abandoning the field when there’s everything left to play for
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Aug 5, 2021
It’s uncontroversial to say these days that South Africa is in the grip of a collective sense of doom. It seems that the only piece