Terence Corrigan
Terence Corrigan is the Project Manager at the Institute, where he specialises in work on property rights, as well as land and mining policy. A native of KwaZulu-Natal, he is a graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg). He has held various positions at the IRR, South African Institute of International Affairs, SBP (formerly the Small Business Project) and the Gauteng Legislature – as well as having taught English in Taiwan. He is a regular commentator in the South African media and his interests include African governance, land and agrarian issues, political culture and political thought, corporate governance, enterprise and business policy.
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How “South Africans” do it
I’m pleased I can write this; a few days ago, I couldn’t. The power was out. It went on Wednesday evening and just stayed off.
No, negotiation, compromise and bridge-building are not a national speciality
South Africa has a unique ability to build bridges and find compromises. Its political miracle in the 1990s was in the ability of people across
Doom-scrolling through the Expropriation Act’s “benefits”
“How can South Africans benefit from the Expropriation Act?” That’s the bold (implied) question on a graphic that came across my Facebook feed. With big
Don’t be complacent about the Expropriation Act
When it was announced towards the end of January that the Expropriation Act had been signed into law, there was well-warranted concern about what this
What South Africa could say to the US
President Ramaphosa must have entered 2025 with a sense of cocky optimism. After a bruising election performance, he had been able to keep the ANC
IRR to Reuters: Beware skewed narratives on land
It is trite to say that media coverage is often not merely intended to report on events and to inform an audience, but to structure
Two things at once: both can be true
Shortly after I filed my column last week, things blew up with President Trump’s executive order on South Africa. It’s been the news. Say what
You need to speak out!!!!
“Terrence he is an extremely dangerous world leader. You need to speak out about that,” read the note on Facebook messenger. This was on the
For a good law, get the facts right first
I experienced some profound instances of déjà vu over the past week or so. When I returned to the Institute of Race Relations in 2018,
The ghost in the machine: the phantom kidnapper of the digital economy
“If you see the faces of a Board of Directors when they realise they are under attack, you’d swear they’d seen a ghost.” So says