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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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Beware First Age nostalgia
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 13, 2024
There is a great deal of nostalgia around former President Thabo Mbeki. For millions of South Africans, he embodies post-transition South Africa’s good years. Polling
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MK’s manifesto: classic populism
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 6, 2024
About a year ago, I wrote a review of a book entitled ‘In the Name of the People: How Populism is Rewiring the World’. A
Thinking about Cape independence
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 29, 2024
I was raised in Natal (as it was then), a province regarded in the context of the segregated politics of the time as different. Its
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When corruption is a feature, not a bug
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 22, 2024
The ANC took power with the firm conviction that state power was the route to resolving the country’s chronic socio-economic deficits. Partly, this reflected the
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The high cost of the construction mafia – and how it can be faced down
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 15, 2024
In any environment, crime is a burden on business. The operative question is whether that burden is a small or large one, and whether it
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Reflections on the ‘least worst option’
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 8, 2024
Would an agreement between the ANC and DA be a viable option, or an attractive one for South Africa? This question, a perennial one for
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A question of trust
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 1, 2024
The latest edition of the annual Edelman Trust Barometer highlights an important dynamic in South Africa’s politics. As the name suggests, this is the question
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In the end, it comes down to values
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 25, 2024
On Wednesday last week, Business Day ran a column by Small Business Institute John Dludlu about the BRICS+ group. BRICS+ has become a totem for
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Getting business-government relations on a proper footing
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 18, 2024
In his letter to the country last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the cooperation between business and the government. Their combined efforts, he wrote, were
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The moral of the Indian story: go for growth!
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 11, 2024
South Africa’s BRICS connection (or whatever it might rename itself in the wake of this year’s accessions) is the crown jewel of its diplomacy, an