

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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GNU fails its first test
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jul 15, 2024
I’ve made the point several times that while the Government of National Unity option was not my first choice, now that it’s a reality, I

Why lowering the temperature is important
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jul 8, 2024
Anyone thinking that making the multi-party government work would be simple, would have been disabused by the events of the past few weeks. Leaked correspondence,

A National Dialogue: don’t mistake mythology for capacity
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jul 1, 2024
Forming a Government of National Unity has been hailed as a significant achievement, a herald of the “better angels” of our nature. The travails around

What’s in a word? A great deal and not much at all
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 24, 2024
In my piece following the election, I referred to the Economic Freedom Fighters and uMkhonto weSizwe as “the left”. I received some pushback on this

Making a co-operative government work
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 17, 2024
Last month’s election delivered South Africa to a vastly different reality from what had existed before. Between this writing and your reading, the circumstances may

Consolidating an uncertain future – remarks to a post-election webinar held with UFS
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 10, 2024
I chose to give my talk the title ‘Consolidating an uncertain future’ in deference to the idea of democratic consolidation. This is the process by

What I’m thinking after an election
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 3, 2024
I’m writing this on Wednesday, 29 May, after having cast an early morning vote. It went smoothly, and the whole process, from joining the queue

A question of fate: an ANC-EFF coalition in 2024?
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 27, 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
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 20, 2024
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
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 13, 2024
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