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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A question of fate: an ANC-EFF coalition in 2024?
The prospect of the African National Congress (ANC) losing its majority has caused much speculation about its post-election government. South Africa is on the cusp
A valuable pen? Well, an expensive one anyway
Signing the National Health Insurance Bill into law, Cyril Ramaphosa dramatically announced that he had found the pen he was looking for earlier in the
Beware First Age nostalgia
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
MK’s manifesto: classic populism
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
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
When corruption is a feature, not a bug
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
The high cost of the construction mafia – and how it can be faced down
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
Reflections on the ‘least worst option’
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
A question of trust
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
In the end, it comes down to values
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