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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Reform all the more urgent as SA faces coronavirus risks
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Trivial sums for land reform contradict government rhetoric
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US Ambassador Marks and SA’s property rights crisis
As I’ve argued before, United States Ambassador Lana Marks must be a difficult person for many South Africans to understand. Her appointment by President Donald
An ethical imperative
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No, the suburbs are not excluded – and you’re on your own
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What Foot and Mouth means for you – though you may not know it
It’s a wonder of modern life that at a time when food is more widely available and more abundantly yielded than ever before, we increasingly
Quest for an alternative
Although they attracted a lot of attention, there was nothing original about Richard Quest’s comments on South Africa in Davos. In conversation with financial journalist
EWC is coming – but you don’t ‘get’ land
Towards the beginning of 2018, I recall listening to a radio talk show. The topic, as has been the case so often since then, was
EWC: the next instalment
At the beginning of last year, I wrote that 2018 had – in movie terms – unfolded as a cliffhanger. In its plotline, the government
Policy certainty not enough to avoid failed-state status
A common refrain throughout 2019, particularly from business leaders, was that South Africa was in dire need of policy certainty. Early in the second half