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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Water: only the excellence of outcomes matters
Pummelled by load shedding, South Africa’s long-suffering people have come to accept that a plentiful and reliable supply of electricity is just not available to
A complicated reality on South Africa’s farms
I doubt that Yvonne Busisiwe Phyllis would find much common ground with me. She is a director of The Forge, which describes itself as ‘a
No solutions on display last week – and not only in the shutdown
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ ‘national shutdown’ last week brought out modest numbers of people, intimidated some businesses into closing and gave the EFF an outsized
Exempt farmers from municipal rates to help them with State of Disaster
South Africa is now in its second state of disaster since 2020, but for the agricultural sector it represents another in an escalating series of
Bigger problems
‘We’ve got bigger problems.’ These days, that’s likely to be the response from most ordinary people in South Africa if pressed about their views on
Growth is not magic, and BEE is not sacrosanct
Comments made en passant – which is a pretentious way of saying ‘in passing’ or ‘as an aside’ – can sometimes be very revealing. This
Thinking global, and acting local
A small but intriguing detail in South Africa’s approach to Russia’s war on Ukraine has been playing itself out in Cape Town. As preparations were
How load-shedding hits your food
It’s often necessary to remind ourselves of a truism, just because we often don’t have to think about it. One of the more obvious is
Press Briefing on South Africa’s Power Crisis
Good morning, and thank you for joining us. We hope those who are here in person had a pleasant trip over to the State of
Thoughts on the State of the Nation
I watched the annual State of the Nation (SONA) ritual with particular interest this year. Partly, it was because of the general state of the