
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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A Bleak Friday
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Dec 4, 2023
Black Friday is the emblem of a consumer society in all its gaudy, excessive glory. We get to spend large sums of money on temporarily

Call it what it is: Squandering
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Nov 27, 2023
For South Africa to escape from its current malaise, it will need growth of 5.4% per annum for a sustained period. This was the judgement

Disincentivising reasonable disagreements
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Nov 20, 2023
There may be reasonable disagreement about the best strategies for dealing with pathological behaviour, but it would be surprising indeed if there were any debate

Adapt or die? The ANC that just can’t get on with anybody
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Nov 6, 2023
The ANC is looking to cut ties with both the EFF and the Patriotic Alliance. This is according to reports on a document prepared by

The Counter-Revolution is here. Good
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Oct 30, 2023
Last week I spent an afternoon in the eNCA studio in Hyde Park participating in a rather unwieldy studio discussion on whether the private sector’s

EWC places AGOA at risk
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Oct 23, 2023
Rarely does foreign policy feature in South Africans’ public debate, and when it does – invariably in response to some exceptional global event – it

Voting on ‘the land question’?
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Oct 16, 2023
South Africa needs to hold a referendum on the ‘land question’. That at least is the word from Gcobani Ndzongana, leader of the Land Party. The

That being said…
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Oct 9, 2023
This is a piece that I’ve thought over very carefully over a number of weeks. It relates to an issue that I’ve been watching for

Real tragedies and performative responses
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Oct 2, 2023
The fire that claimed dozens of lives in Johannesburg’s inner city recently prompted a predictable round of outrage, recrimination and pledges to do better. President

Freedom and citizenship: untangling the knot
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Sep 18, 2023
In dealing with inequalities, protecting a maximal level of freedom must be an imperative. It is only in freedom that democratic citizenship is possible. These