

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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Look to US, not apartheid SA, to best understand Trumpism
- By John Endres
- . Oct 14, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Oct 10, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Sep 12, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Aug 15, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Jul 18, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Jun 20, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Jun 13, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Jun 4, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Mar 15, 2024
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
- By John Endres
- . Jan 3, 2022
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