John Kane-Berman
John Kane-Berman, a graduate of Wits and Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar), is a former CEO of the IRR. Prior to that he spent ten years in journalism, where he was senior assistant editor of the Financial Mail and South African correspondent for numerous foreign papers. He is the author of several books on South African politics, and has also published his memoirs.
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The tragic consequences of appeasement
It was ironic that Jan Smuts came to power as a result of the failure of a policy which he supported. Next week, Wednesday 3
This assault on freedom must be fought – in the courts and in principle
John Kane-Berman | 19 August 2019 There are many uncertainties about the government’s proposed national health insurance (NHI) system. Nobody knows how much it will
Land panel rejects ‘private land titling’ for ‘brutalised’ rural women
Many rural black women feel ‘betrayed’ by traditional leaders. The ‘oppressive hand of patriarchy’ has ‘stamped out’ their land rights. Traditional leaders hamper rather than
Expropriation without compensation is still very much on the agenda
The Land Panel’s acknowledgement that demand for land is not ‘self-evident’ – but that citizens should be ‘encouraged and supported to articulate their land demands’
Boris and Donald: two peas in radically different pods
Whereas British prime ministers can be unseated at a moment’s notice by simple majority vote, American presidents face no such threat. Boris Johnson became prime
Water: a greater crisis than unemployment?
In water, as elsewhere, failure to maintain or extend infrastructure means the cost of doing so is far beyond the capacity of the impoverished, and
An ‘entrepreneurial state’ hostile to entrepreneurs
Latest forecasts for growth over the next few years average around 1.6%. This takes us back to the 1980s – the worst decade since unification
Jeremy Gordin, not Anthea Jeffery, ‘omits’ the ‘moral context’
Anyone seeking to understand the depravity of the ANC in power need only bear in mind the depravity of its strategy to gain power. Jeremy
Pravin Gordhan reads the riot act to Eskom and co – yet again
Pravin Gordhan says that the boards and management of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) must do what the government expects or it would intervene to ensure proper
Ramaphosa’s world of thumbsucks, fantasies, and dreams
The SONA offered dreams and visions where hard policy choices should have been. In his state-of-the-nation address last week, Cyril Ramaphosa was frank enough to