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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Revisiting polling – and why it is important
I do not, on principle, engage with online comments on my work. Nothing personal, but I can’t respond to everything, and neither can I justify
Self-expropriation is still expropriation
Since late 2017, the official response to South Africa’s land reform challenges has been to seek more intrusive latitude for the state to act –
Polling and politics
There is something quintessentially South African about how the controversy over a talk show host’s exchange with one of his guests has come to be
Of posters and potholes
Two weeks ago, I had to drive to KwaZulu-Natal. I have fond memories of that route: it runs through Mpumalanga, which is a beautiful corner
Global consequences of our local elections
Think global and act local – I’m sure we’ve all heard that. It’s a nice cliché about how we can all do our bit for
On South Africa’s fixation on America
I recently watched Last Action Hero again. Released in 1993, it’s an Arnold Schwarzenegger action comedy that did indifferently in cinemas, but was a hit
A state of unreality
When will President Cyril Ramaphosa act on ‘reform’? This has been one of the most enduring questions since he took office with the intention, supposedly,
Section 25 Amendment – where are we headed?
It’s been an eventful week on the Expropriation without Compensation front. A new iteration of the amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution found its
State Capture – prepare for the next wave
State capture has become an operative concept for understanding what has befallen South Africa. Over the past decade, so the narrative goes, South Africa was
Beyond acceptable limits and beyond the pale
Public discussion around the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution – in pursuit of Expropriation without Compensation (EWC) – has not been limited