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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To speak up, stand up, and step up
The following is my address to the Harvard Club in New York City on 18 November. A chance to save Mandela’s vision Ladies and gentlemen,
Who wins Gauteng will decide South Africa’s future
On the website of Stats SA you will find a rather remarkable chart. It redraws the map of South Africa by resizing the provinces in
“Never resting, never tiring ….”: The liberal quest for “free minds in free societies”
What follows are my opening remarks at the 45th Hoernlé Memorial Lecture by Advocate Mark Oppenheimer, hosted jointly by the Institute of Race Relations and
Look to US, not apartheid SA, to best understand Trumpism
A little under a month ago, the Financial Times published a piece by Simon Kuper, “Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa” (19
Why the DA is right to play hardball in Tshwane
The Democratic Alliance has taken a hard line on the ousting of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink, telling the ANC that unless it helped to reinstate
More to Cabanac than simplistic analysis suggests
The appointment of Roman Cabanac as chief of staff by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has triggered a great deal of commentary in the
Feelgood is good, but it’s not enough
Cast your mind back to January 2024. South Africa was in Stage 3 loadshedding. We were a nation traumatised by 2023 – the year with
Voters did not ask for more ANC-style transformation
Since the election on 29 May 2024, a narrative has taken hold that misrepresents how South Africans voted. It is well described in a tweet
SA’s high-stakes opportunity
What follows is the text of an address I gave today to the Cato Institute in Washington D.C., where I am embarked on the second
South Africa’s precarious 2024 opportunity
What follows is the address I delivered today to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)* in London on the opportunities and challenges facing the country