
Michael Morris
IRR head of media Michael Morris was a newspaper journalist from 1979 to 2017, covering, among other things, the international campaign against apartheid, from London, and, as a political correspondent in Cape Town, South Africa’s transition to democracy. He has written three books, the last being Apartheid, An Illustrated History, and has an MA in Creative Writing from UCT. He writes a fortnightly column in Business Day.
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Robust speech must be protected for everyone, period
- By Michael Morris
- . Apr 3, 2019
Human rights won’t stand a chance in South Africa if the institution that is meant to defend them muddles defending free speech with validating racial

It’s high time we ditched race, again
- By Michael Morris
- . Mar 27, 2019
We haven’t put racial lunacy behind us; it remains the dominant idea of our politics, the fundamental categories invented by the Population Registration Act having

Cyril probably wouldn’t invest in Eskom, so why should we?
- By Michael Morris
- . Mar 20, 2019
You have to wonder whether President Cyril Ramaphosa would invest a single cent in a business that grew its staff by 16 000 in ten years,