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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Getting business-government relations on a proper footing
In his letter to the country last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the cooperation between business and the government. Their combined efforts, he wrote, were
The moral of the Indian story: go for growth!
South Africa’s BRICS connection (or whatever it might rename itself in the wake of this year’s accessions) is the crown jewel of its diplomacy, an
In defence of (a sort of) nation building
I read Martin van Staden’s latest column (‘From pact to pillar: The Multi-Party Charter after the 2024 election’, 29 February) with interest and attention. As
Institutions – and the people who staff them
Cadre deployment has featured strongly over the past week, with the handover by the ANC of documents from its deployment committee to the DA and
Economic complexity: South Africa’s underappreciated challenge
Economic complexity is a concept seldom heard in South Africa. It describes the capacity of a country to engage in various forms of activity, typically
Reframing South Africa’s grand narrative
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) gives the president an opportunity to expound on a range of issues, while post-SONA analyses have tended to
Land, water and ‘transforming the relations’
Pledging to resolve the ‘land question’ has been a perennial theme for the ANC. For the most part, this has been approached as a political
Our inescapable choice: ideology or growth
It’s a bit of a cliché to say that the coming year will be decisive for South Africa. An environment of system crisis and increasingly
Appeasement in advance
Sports-mad South Africa has a voracious appetite for news of all types about the affairs of its pitches, courts, and fields, and an emotional response
A perspective on Taiwan’s election
The present year will be a momentous one for elections. Not only will South Africans be going to the polls, but so will around 2