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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Promise of a professional public service
The public service is a reality in our lives, but one that we often find opaque and incomprehensible.
Rural property rights: when the ‘baas’ mentality endures in a new form
“The handover of these title deeds on the eve of Human Rights Day,” President Ramaphosa said at a recent event conferring formal ownership on a community whose claim had taken three decades to process, “reminds us that achieving our freedom was about far more than rights on paper.”
Remembering Steven Gruzd: making the future better than the present was his vocation
In 2006, having just returned from a four-year stint in Taiwan and looking to get back on a career path, I’d accepted a part-time job helping out at the South African Institute of International Affairs on something called the African Peer Review Mechanism. I arrived at SAIIA’s Jan Smuts House one afternoon in mid February, introduced myself to the receptionist, and before she could reply, a voice came from an adjacent office, “Hey, over here”. I looked over to see a guy of about my age staring intently at a desktop computer, motioning from a desk cluttered with documents. That was Steve.
Southern Africa Liberation Day: tribute to a dark politics
In case you missed it – and I almost did – last Monday was Southern Africa Liberation Day. This is an annual commemoration observed by the Southern African Development Community since 2019.
Playing in the mucky sandbox
In its formative days, social media was punted as the great democratiser of political debate. It would enable untold (and hitherto unheard) millions to have a voice in public debate, free from the explicit or implied barriers of space and invitation that made traditional media the province of elites. This was the new public square, a digital arena where we could all get involved in hashing out the big questions.
It’s not treason: it’s how foreign relations work
Lex Libertas, the think tank founded by Dr Ernst Roets, is partnering with the New York Young Republicans Club to bring the issue of farm murders to the attention of the United States’ public and policymakers.
The VCR factor: the USSR, Asia’s growth, and SA’s prospects
I remember the first “video machine” I ever encountered: a Sony Betamax with a gun-metal grey-and-faux-wood finish.
The water crisis is a turning point
Dry taps, sometimes lasting for days (or weeks or months) are now a fact of life for many South Africans.
Reforming the labour environment
“Won’t freeing up the labour market, as proposed by the IRR, lead to increased exploitation of workers and undermine efforts to address inequality?” This question
Foot and Mouth Disease: how did we get to this point?
“In a nutshell, I have never felt so dependent on such incompetence,” says Johan* in frustration. His words encapsulate the sentiments of many of South