
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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No, it’s not just about implementation
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 15, 2022
At a briefing given this week by the National Planning Commission (NPC), now in its third iteration, its deputy chairperson, Professor Tinyiko Maluleke, recognised the

Reflections on the state of disaster
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 8, 2022
‘Since the requirements for a National State of Disaster to be declared in terms of the Disaster Management Act are no longer met, Cabinet has

EWC: No time for complacency
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Apr 1, 2022
The attempt last year to amend Section 25 of the Constitution represented a grave threat to whatever chances for future prosperity South Africa had. In

South Africa, Russia, Ukraine and the Imperialist Threat – why on earth is anyone surprised?
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 25, 2022
Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on 24 February, South Africa’s public conversation has been sputtering with incredulity at the position taken by its leaders on

The missing link in the ’Professionalisation’ drive
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 18, 2022
President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address last month attracted a lot of attention for his novel remarks on the relative places of the state

Forget the outside world, this is a disaster of the country’s own making
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 11, 2022
Like a dreadful inevitability – because that is what it is – load-shedding is back. Once more the economy stutters as opportunities are lost, and

The EWC saga continues
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Mar 4, 2022
It’s perhaps somewhat counterintuitive, but what has become understood as the Expropriation without Compensation drive has never been entirely and solely about the ability of

A tragedy and a farce
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Feb 25, 2022
I’m no great admirer of Karl Marx. I say this having read a great deal of Marx’s own work, and a great deal by those

Beware moral panics – they are bad for all of us
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Feb 18, 2022
Klawer – an out-of-the-way dorp in the northern reaches of the Western Cape – has featured grimly in the news over the past two weeks.

A comprehensive failure of governance, and government
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Feb 11, 2022
While the country digests the reports of the Zondo Commission, detailing how the carcass of the state was carved up under the so-called State Capture