Marius Roodt
Marius Roodt is currently deputy editor of the Daily Friend and also consults on IRR campaigns. This is his second stint at the Institute, having returned after spells working at the Centre for Development and Enterprise and a Johannesburg-based management consultancy. He has also previously worked as a journalist, an analyst for a number of foreign governments, 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
Do not give in to the authoritarian urge
South Africa has been through a horrific few weeks, but we must not give in to populist temptation and jettison that which makes a decent
Conspiracy theories, everywhere you look!
But alarm about the National Democratic Revolution (NDR) of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is not one of them. Around every major news event,
Is all lost?
Marius Roodt | Aug 24, 2019 Not if we stand up against bad policy now. South Africa seems to be at a precipice. Every day there is
What Micawber knew, and the ANC doesn’t
But the option that is open to the government is to use other people’s money to fund its mounting shortfall. Much everyday wisdom can be
What is an African?
‘It’s my home, it’s where I live, it’s where I belong; I didn’t choose to be here, I was born. I might seem out of
Five things you need to know about why the ANC is eyeing your pension
With their steadily rising value, it’s no wonder South Africa’s more than 5 000 active pension funds are being eyed by the government. Prescribed assets
Will the DA repeat the fatal mistake?
If, like the doomed United Party (UP), the Democratic Alliance (DA) fails to provide a clear alternative in voters’ minds, its electoral decline is inevitable.
Will it be ‘What might have been …?’
When we look back in years to come, will we lament the lost opportunities, or be grateful that we averted a disaster? Previously, I wrote
What do the metro results tell us?
Continuing migration to the cities is set to have profound effects on South Africa’s future – not least in election outcomes. The world is urbanising
Election 2019 – what you need to know
Results particularly worth noting after our 6th national and provincial elections. This is the worst ever result for the African National Congress (ANC), with only