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 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
Chasing the White Whale: an epic moment in literature and a tawdry feat of character assassination
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Compacts are impossible, so go transactional
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A Bleak Friday
Black Friday is the emblem of a consumer society in all its gaudy, excessive glory. We get to spend large sums of money on temporarily
Call it what it is: Squandering
For South Africa to escape from its current malaise, it will need growth of 5.4% per annum for a sustained period. This was the judgement
Disincentivising reasonable disagreements
There may be reasonable disagreement about the best strategies for dealing with pathological behaviour, but it would be surprising indeed if there were any debate
Adapt or die? The ANC that just can’t get on with anybody
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The Counter-Revolution is here. Good
Last week I spent an afternoon in the eNCA studio in Hyde Park participating in a rather unwieldy studio discussion on whether the private sector’s
EWC places AGOA at risk
Rarely does foreign policy feature in South Africans’ public debate, and when it does – invariably in response to some exceptional global event – it