

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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Lessons from an immovable monument
- By Michael Morris
- . Sep 27, 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa chose Heritage Day on Thursday to recommend that ‘(monuments) glorifying our divisive past should be repositioned and relocated’ because ‘(building) a truly

Paralysis by corruption – the ANC’s dilemma
- By Michael Morris
- . Sep 20, 2020
Here’s a question for you. Who said the following? ‘The ANC is pained immensely by stories of corruption. We are highly conscious of the damage

SA commentary: a crisis of credibility
- By Michael Morris
- . Sep 13, 2020
Read anything about the supposed primacy of race in South African policy-making today and you will be urged to accept the truth of it on

We, the invisibles
- By Michael Morris
- . Sep 6, 2020
If anyone is holding their breath in expectation of swift action against senior African National Congress (ANC) politicians tainted by corruption, they should probably sooner

SA’s 1980s moment: when leaders must be made to follow
- By Michael Morris
- . Aug 23, 2020
Twice this past week, in publications that could never be accused of being opponents of the African National Congress (ANC), direct comparisons were made between

Making a better case for change
- By Michael Morris
- . Aug 16, 2020
Four or five times in the past fortnight, in very different conversations, I have heard middle-class parents, students and young graduates talk of a future

Why we need to talk about classical liberalism
- By Michael Morris
- . Aug 2, 2020
If you are unfamiliar with the online platform, New Frame, a good place to start in acquainting yourself with it might be its editorial on

SA soldiers on, but resilience is not success
- By Michael Morris
- . Jul 25, 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘Dear South African’ letter to the people this week had something important to say about why the country doesn’t fold – but

Don’t kid yourself: taking the knee is just too easy
- By Michael Morris
- . Jul 19, 2020
At a time when distant events are brought to us with such immediacy that we feel they are happening to us and that we must

The naked truth: when silence really is violence
- By Michael Morris
- . Jul 5, 2020
Much attention was lavished this week by, among others, the African National Congress (ANC), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the South African Human Rights