Richard Calland

Richard Calland is an associate professor in public law at the University of Cape Town and a founding partner of the Paternoster Group.

Why an amnesty for grand corruption in South Africa is a bad idea

Opinion Richard Calland - 3 Nov 2020

Attempts to trade amnesty for information about state corruption have caused conflict as well as controversy in other countries.

Richard Calland: Biden needs a senate win to limit Trumpism

Opinion Richard Calland - 1 Nov 2020

Joe Biden doesn’t have the mojo needed to restore the US – so he needs a full house to appoint those who do, writes Richard Calland.

Richard Calland: South Africa needs a Roosevelt style of leadership

Opinion Richard Calland - 3 Oct 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to hold ‘fireside chats’ and have more power and institutional muscle around him, writes Richard Calland

Richard Calland: Cyril and Ace can’t both survive

Opinion Richard Calland - 27 Aug 2020

One of them will have to fall if the ANC is to win back the confidence of the electorate — so it can’t be Ramaphosa

Richard Calland: Seize the day, Ramaphosa, or live to regret it

Opinion Richard Calland - 22 Jul 2020

The president needs to make hard, perhaps hazardous, choices for the post-Covid economy, writes Richard Calland

Richard Calland: What brave new world awaits us?

Analysis Richard Calland - 25 Jun 2020

Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this

Richard Calland: CR’s tough test amid politics of pandemic

Coronavirus Richard Calland - 28 May 2020

Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage

Richard Calland: A lifetime chance for a future we want

Analysis Richard Calland - 22 Apr 2020

Leaders need to grapple with the wicked problem of how to ease out of the lockdown

Richard Calland: Covid-19 can have positive outcomes

Analysis Richard Calland - 18 Mar 2020

Democracy and social welfare may get a boost and blind capitalism may see that it’s unsustainable

Be bold, Cyril, even if it’s politically risky

Analysis Richard Calland - 20 Feb 2020

He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

Article Richard Calland - 15 Feb 2020

Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism

How South Africa and Germany can help the world

Article Richard Calland & Melanie Müller - 30 Jan 2020

Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values

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Press Releases

Special Reports

Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

Special Reports

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for Covid-19 detection and therapy

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

Nanobodies are smaller than conventional antibodies and easier to work with so they are ideal for good cheap sensitive rapid tests for Covid-19

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Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

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Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up

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Covid-19 accelerates adoption of technology by the African property sector

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

It’s not the technology itself that is valuable, it’s the opportunities that it creates: this may be the perfect time for reinvention

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BE 1 OF 8 LUCKY PEOPLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH R80 000

special reports - 19 Nov 2020

From 23 to 30 November 2020, simply purchase any BMW bearing the number “8” and you could be one of eight lucky people to drive off with R80 000

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Introducing Sabinet Judgments

special reports - 18 Nov 2020

A well-rounded view of reported and unreported judgments supplemented by an advanced system to enable users to rapidly find the information they require

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The Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support Research and Publication Interventions

special reports - 13 Nov 2020

The project places emphasis on rolling out a standardised package of occupational health services and mining safety standards across four countries