John Endres
John Endres is the CEO of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). He holds a doctorate in commerce and economics from one of Germany’s leading business schools, the Otto Beisheim School of Management, as well as a Master’s in Translation Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand. John has extensive work experience in the retail and services industries as well as the non-profit sector, having previously worked for the liberal Friedrich Naumann Foundation and as founding CEO of Good Governance Africa, an advocacy organisation.
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Liberalism as a technology
The title of this talk is “Holding the liberal centre in a time of polarisation.” It contains a claim that investors should pay attention to: that there is a liberal centre, that it is under threat from polarisation on the left and the right, and that holding it matters for the future of your capital.
Victory disease
Military historians have a term for what happens when armies start believing their own momentum. They call it “victory disease”.
The trouble with the new history curriculum
The Department of Basic Education has put a new draft history curriculum out for public comment. The window closes on 19 April. South Africans who care about what their children will learn have just a week to read the draft and make their views known.
A tale of two tensions
We’ve heard some fantastic talks over the last three days. I want to try bring together some key threads as we assess what we’ve heard.
Bozell means business
South Africa has a new US ambassador, and he is not here to please all of the people, all of the time. He is here
Bitcoin: the freedom money that wants to change the world
Most of us spend our entire lives using money every day. We earn it, we save it, we worry about it, we plan around it – and yet we rarely stop to ask a surprisingly basic question: What is money, really?
Why liberalism requires restraint
Garth Zietsman deserves credit for addressing a subject most commentators avoid (Why is racism bad?, 6 February). Liberal societies should not place topics beyond examination
The end of this is fine
The following is the text of my address yesterday to the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference. John Endres [Image: supplied] We live in unsettling times.
Pulling up instead of trickling down: an alternative to BEE
The following is the text of an address I delivered late yesterday at a Liberal Sundowners event in Cape Town. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for
Real transformation hasn’t been tried yet
How the ANC can save South Africa – and itself The following is the text of my address to the BizNews Investment Conference #2 in