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.
Articles By This Author
Hopelessness and hopefulness to be found in Cambodia – and parallels with SA
Book review: Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond Sebastian Strangio (2020) Cambodia is one of the most fascinating countries on Earth. It
Mboweni plays the race card to South Africa’s detriment
On Wednesday a number of strange missives were dispatched by the minister of finance, Tito Mboweni, from (presumably) the wilderness of Magoebaskloof where he has
Can independents make an impact?
Last week Mmusi Maimane, the former leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and now Chief Activist of the One South Africa movement, announced that his
Super Wednesday – Fleeting glimpse of future trends, or much ado about nothing?
On Wednesday South Africa held nearly 100 by-elections. The large number of by-elections was because they had all been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The madness of race classification
The madness of race politics in South Africa was once again brought to the fore this week when it emerged that a coloured man in
The madness of race classification
The madness of race politics in South Africa was once again brought to the fore this week when it emerged that a coloured man in
We are owed nothing
A bizarre social media episode this week reflects a broader South African malady which risks condemning us to mediocrity for the foreseeable future, with little
We are owed nothing
A bizarre social media episode this week reflects a broader South African malady which risks condemning us to mediocrity for the foreseeable future, with little
Numbers don’t lie
One of the great things about a sport like cricket is that it lends itself well to statistics. A great player will have great numbers.
How bad will 2021 be for the ANC?
Next year, local government elections are due (in theory). Could the African National Congress (ANC) be punished at the polls again, as it was in