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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What leadership in a time of crisis looks like
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Jul 17, 2021
Something that has stuck in my mind ever since I first read Long Walk To Freedom about a decade ago is the evidence of Nelson
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The courage of Herman Mashaba
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Jun 5, 2021
Voters have always valued courage. From Margaret Thatcher to Bernie Sanders, it is impossible to think that political and electoral greatness and relevance can be
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The unsatisfaction of the unaccomplished mission
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Apr 24, 2021
Book review: Slabbert: Man on a Mission (Albert Grundlingh, Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2021) Albert Grundlingh’s biography of Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, Slabbert: Man on a