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.
Articles By This Author
NHI: Social solidarity will not be enough
The passage of the National Health Insurance Bill by the National Assembly brings South Africa a step closer to introducing the government’s plans for a
The illusion is ending: this is good
South Africa’s national mood is now probably at a lower point than it’s been since the transition in 1994. A case could even be made
Water quotas: another existential threat
President Cyril Ramaphosa invested enormous political capital over the first three years of his presidency in pushing Expropriation without Compensation (EWC). Inevitably, he ran into
South Africa’s employment conundrum
‘We are damned if we don’t find a solution to unemployment – and it’s not really that difficult.’ This was the headline of a short,
A populist future?
Populism is one of today’s political catchphrases. To most of us it probably signifies crudity in politics: the sort of thing symbolised by a demagogue
Mission to Moscow… and Kyiv
On Tuesday last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would be part of an African initiative to seek peace in the conflict between Russia
What liberalism means to me
It’s always interesting to get feedback on what I write. Positive or negative, online or in person, understanding how people view what I have to
South Africa’s ‘leadership’ conundrum
Last Tuesday, Business Day rang in the shortened work week with a scathing editorial about the state of South Africa and the complicity of President
Finding citizenship, again
Freedom Day came and went without much fanfare, a commemoration of sorts, but hardly a celebration. It’s been 29 years since the 1994 transition: sufficient
Compromising herd immunity
Over the past few years, the Covid pandemic and the various responses to it turned vaccines into a major talking point – appropriately or oddly,