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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Needed: a skilful solution
When racial matters arise in South Africa, they invariably provoke a great deal of visceral reaction. This is eminently understandable, though it often obscures subjects
Of businesspeople and politicians
It’s been almost a month since Rob Hersov climbed the stage at a BizNews event to denounce President Ramaphosa, his cabinet and the government in
BOSA: an interesting idea, but can it work?
Something I can say with depressing regularity these days is that ‘I’m old enough to remember…’ I have traded youth and vigour for experience and
Time for an early election?
A lot has been said recently about the 2024 elections, and whether – or not – this will be the moment at which the ANC’s
Not a crisis of inertia, a crisis of choices
Last week, Business Day ran an editorial entitled ‘Ramaphosa’s crisis of inertia’. On the one hand, it claims that Ramaphosa has shown some unabashedly reformist
A risk in the coming week
In the coming days, on the 14th to be precise, the Parliamentary Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure will decide on the wording of the
The EWC agenda continues
Fixed property – a house, a farm, business premises, or some other sundry variant of real estate – is a significant investment for anybody. To
Fake news: history, evolution and consequences of a dangerous “thing”
In thinking about this topic, I struggled to settle upon a noun to describe fake news. The adjective was easy: it is dangerous. But is
What do we do with Small Business? (Part 2)
Last week, I took issue with a widespread view of small business as being something other than business – that is, small business as a
Small businesses are businesses. We need to realise this – Part 1
This month – August – Pope Francis has asked the Catholic faithful to pray for small- and medium-sized businesses. In a video appeal, he described