opinion and analysis
I have written for numerous news and opinion outlets including the Business Day, Mail & Guardian, Washington Post, and others. I have also appeared on both the BBC and eNCA news. If you are looking for written or interview commentary on South African politics, please reach out.
Below are some examples of of my short-form writing:
South Africa 2024: Everything has changed, but nothing is different. Good Authority.
South Africa’s Healthy Democracy: Why Zuma’s Resignation is a Good Sign. 02-20-2018. Foreign Affairs. (with others)
Here Are 4 Reasons That South Africa’s ANC Lost Ground in This Month’s Election. 08-12-2016. WaPo Monkey Cage Blog. (with others)
long form writing
Book Review. Giovanni Carbone and Alessandro Pellegata: Political Leadership in Africa; Kathleen Klaus: Political Violence in Kenya; Robin Harding: Rural Democracy. Perspectives on Politics, 19 (3). (Editor invited and reviewed)
Book Review. Bill Freund: Twentieth-Century South Africa: A developmental history. 2019. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 57 (4). (Editor invited and reviewed)
Book Review. Francis Fukuyama: Identity. 2019. Focus: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, 85. (Editor invited and reviewed)
Service Delivery and Political Participation. 2019. The Annals of Comparative Democratization, 17 (3). (Editor invited, peer reviewed)
Insiders and Outsiders in South Africa. 2014. Focus: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, 73. (Editor invited and reviewed)
Why Human Capital Matters. 2010. Focus: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, 59. (Editor invited and reviewed)