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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Conduct without justification or excuses
Where abuses are proved to have occurred, justice must be pursued; victims deserve no less, and society can afford no less. Commenting on a case
A dubious justification for a thoroughly bad idea
Addressing the failures of land reform would involve taking a hard look at what actually ails land reform rather than what fits an untidy ideological
A prayer for South Africa
The least we could do is find the courage to change the things we can. ‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I
EWC IS an issue for foreign investors
South Africans generally, and the government in particular, should be in no doubt about how expropriation without compensation is viewed across the world. There is
Ownership indispensable to growth
Without property, a market-based economy is impossible to sustain – and without markets, prosperity is impossible. The following is the text of my speech at
Land: a turning point?
It remains to be seen whether there is any real appetite to discuss solutions that bring about prudent and productive land reform that really does
Contradictions too glaring to ignore
Land reform comments denote an officialdom that is either unaware of the perilous contradiction in its positions, or that doesn’t really care. It is a disturbing
Policy certainty not enough
Certainty of policy may in fact be a major warning against an investment decision – if the underlying policy is bad. The gravity of challenges
Keeping the course
We have long been used to holding positions regarded as unpalatable by dominant or ‘enlightened’ opinion – but we stick to them, knowing that the
Is the genie now out of the bottle?
Terence Corrigan | Aug 16, 2019 The ancient tale’s salutary lesson for South Africa today is that a determined pushback against a destructive idea – even one