

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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Malema: untouchable, invincible, and unstoppable?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 30, 2020
Having again demonstrated their prowess in battle, most recently against women working at Clicks and schoolchildren at Brackenfell High, Julius Malema’s Economic ‘Freedom Fighters’ (EFF)

Nats learnt from ‘mistakes’, but can Ramaphosa?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 23, 2020
Speaking in Parliament earlier this month, Cyril Ramaphosa said that ‘we are in rebuilding mode and correcting the mistakes of the past’. The government had

America’s 72 million ‘deplorables’: where to from here?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 16, 2020
The American president-elect, Joe Biden, says he wants to ‘heal’ the nation. Donald Trump, the man he defeated, is not going to be helping him

Steenhuisen gets off to a fighting start
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 9, 2020
The acceptance speech by John Steenhuisen on his recent election as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) hit all the right notes. He accurately diagnosed

An open letter to Mmusi Maimane
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 2, 2020
Dear Mr Maimane Last month you published a letter to ‘dear white South Africans’, of which I happen to be one. You thereby played the

An open letter to Mmusi Maimane
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 2, 2020
Dear Mr Maimane Last month you published a letter to ‘dear white South Africans’, of which I happen to be one. You thereby played the

Sneaking in more power for the failing state
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 26, 2020
In one respect at least, the government’s latest economic plan is a vast improvement on its most famous predecessor: at 38 pages, the South African

Sneaking in more power for the failing state
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 26, 2020
In one respect at least, the government’s latest economic plan is a vast improvement on its most famous predecessor: at 38 pages, the South African

Unemployment: it’s a moral issue, not a ‘time bomb’
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 19, 2020
Times without number in the last couple of decades, politicians and pundits have warned us all that unemployment is a ‘ticking time bomb’. The figures

Unemployment: it’s a moral issue, not a ‘time bomb’
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Oct 19, 2020
Times without number in the last couple of decades, politicians and pundits have warned us all that unemployment is a ‘ticking time bomb’. The figures