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?
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?
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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’
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