Marius Roodt
Marius Roodt is a writer and researcher based in Johannesburg. He was formerly the Deputy Editor of the Daily Friend and an analyst at the Institute of Race Relations. He has also worked as a journalist, an analyst for a number of foreign governments, a policy researcher for a think tank, and for a management consultancy, and spent most of 2005 and 2006 driving a scooter around London. Roodt holds an honours degree from the Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg) and an MA in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Why ANC electoral panic is a good thing
- By Marius Roodt
- . Feb 24, 2024
South Africa has already started the electoral silly season. Manifestos are being launched, promises are being made, and voters are being assured that things will
Can the MK Party make an impact?
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jan 22, 2024
This election cycle has seen a plethora of parties emerging to challenge the ANC, which, in democratic South Africa, has never been in a weaker
How politicking in cricket leads to pencil tests
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jan 13, 2024
It’s not often that the name of the U/19 Proteas captain is in the headlines. At the end of last year this was the case,
Lessons from Georgia
- By Marius Roodt
- . Oct 28, 2023
In life, things are rarely simple. It is not often that any issue or situation can be seen in simple black-or-white or either-or terms, where
SA should look to India, not Russia or China
- By Marius Roodt
- . Sep 25, 2023
South Africa seems to be gradually drifting out of the Western orbit. Its, at least implicit, support for Russia in its current attack on Ukraine
DA should dismiss coalition with ANC
- By Marius Roodt
- . Aug 12, 2023
The possibility of the DA and the ANC forming a ‘grand’ coalition after next year’s election is once again being spoken about by a number
ANC beholden to magical thinking
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jul 30, 2023
When it first appeared in 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret swept the publishing world. It has since gone on to sell some 30 million copies,
A tale of two elections
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jun 3, 2023
Elections were recently held in two countries which have some similarities to South Africa – Turkey and Thailand. And South Africans would do well to
Where are South Africa’s insurgent parties?
- By Marius Roodt
- . Apr 27, 2023
Dutch politics were shaken last month when a party, barely four years old, emerged as the single biggest in the country’s provincial elections. The BoerBurgerBeweging
How the ANC can get minority voters back
- By Marius Roodt
- . Apr 1, 2023
The news that the ANC is looking to woo white and other minority voters back as supporters was met with something approaching universal derision. Even