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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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
Coalitions: time for the DA to get in the ring
As the ANC mulls over its post-election options, the DA has emerged as one of its strongest coalition options. The DA shares with the ANC
Namibians befuddled by SA
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to travel to Namibia. It was an eye-opening experience: Namibians − citizens of a country with one twentieth
This just isn’t good enough
Most Daily Friend readers will have just finished their Christmas breaks, enjoying time with friends and family, taking life easy for a couple of weeks
The buffalo and the wild dogs
We are often asked in our briefings who will emerge to bring down the old buffalo that is the ANC, together with its little calf,
BEE isn’t working, so scrap it
The recent upheaval in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng underscores an unmistakable truth: far from uplifting black South Africans and putting them on a par with their