Published Articles


Sampling of articles written by Stef Terblanche in various media 

 (Links to articles in headings)

 


An unwieldy national executive born from a rather unholy marriage of convenience – but it might work

By Stef Terblanche

Published on DDP Website/Blog

2 July 2024


Dissecting the positives of the GNU and the dangers it will face

By Stef Terblanche

 Published in The Star / IOL online

20 June 2024 

 

Stupefying denial of reality by Naledi Pandor is harming SA’s foreign policy

By Stef Terblanche

Published in Business Day

28 March 2024

 

 Will South Africa's democracy survive 2024 unscathed?

By: Stef Terblanche

Published as part of Democracy Development Programme’s blog series

9 February 2024

 

SA subjected to myths and scapegoating instead of confronting our realities head on

By: Stef Terblanche 

Published on website of Democracy Development Programme

17 March 2022

 

Russia’s war in Ukraine and SA mining: opportunity on the back of tragedy

By Stef Terblanche

Published on Mining Essentials website

11 March 2022

 

The conflicting forces that shape Ramaphosa’s leadership

By: Stef Terblanche

Published on website of Democracy Development Programme

18 February 2022

 

SA political life morphing into two major spheres of participation and expression

By Stef Terblanche

Published on website of Democracy Development Programme

18 February 2022

 

Brazilian protests hold lessons for South Africa

The uncomfortable truth of being a Brics member

By Stef Terblanche

Published in Leadership Magazine

24 June 2013

 

 

Election 2014 will usher in very different political conditions in South Africa

By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst & AIC Editor

Published in Polity

6th February 2014

 

ANC knives out as Zuma’s Damoclean sword sways. Succession story hots up.

Quoted in article written by Donwald Pressley

Published in BizNews & The Cape Messenger

29 November 2016

 

Media bias: Who is really speaking for the ANC?

Written for BrandsEye by Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in The Media Online

2 August 2016

 

Social media’s role in elections

By Stef Terblanche

Published in BizNews & The Cape Messenger

11 August 2016

 

More Election Violence Could Add to the Already Immense Cost Of Protests, Violence & Unrest in SA
By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in Gauteng Business News

1 August 2016

 

DA is squabbling, but it isn't disappearing

Article in which Stef Terblanche is quoted as a political consultant

Published in The Messenger

28 May 2018

 

The Political Economy of Industrial Policy in South Africa: The case of downstream beneficiation in the PGM subsector

Referenced in Master’s Degree thesis by Katlego Ramantsima, University of Witwatersrand

March 2015

 

State Capture in South Africa

By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in The Intelligence Bulletin

12 November 2017

 

How social media could have helped SA's political parties avoid unpleasant election surprises

Written by Stef Terblanche for BrandsEye

Published by CNBC Africa

9 August 2016

 

Political violence on the increase

Violence and politics have become inseparable in South Africa

By Stef Terblanche

Published in Leadership Magazine

19 July 2013

 

What ordinary voters wanted political parties to know during the elections

Written for BrandsEye by Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in BusinessTech

8 August 2016

 

NUMSA strike – brinkmanship obscures the issues

Written by political analyst and AIC editor Stef Terblanche 

Published in Polity

30 June 2014

 

Labour-political turmoil will continue as part of radicalisation, leftward realignment

Written by Political Analyst & AIC Editor: Stef Terblanche

Published in Polity

8 April 2014

 

Economic Watch - The Intelligence Bulletin

In this week's Monday Briefing political analyst and director of AIC, Stef Terblanche, writes: “… massive poverty and youth unemployment ...

Published in The Intelligence Bulletin

6 September 2017

 

Investor Community More Bullish on Industry Outlook

By Stef Terblanche

Published in Mining Indaba Bulletin

7 February 2017

 

Eskom causes another crack in the 'good story to tell'

Written by Political Analyst & Editor: Stef Terblanche

Published in Polity

3 November 2014

 

As election looms, analytics shows up media bias

Written by Stef Terblanche for BrandsEye

Published in Tech Central

1 August 2016

 

Relative calm on labour front misleading

By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in The Intelligence Bulletin, republished on eHowzit.co.za

2 November 2014

 

Not much expected from Ramaphosa labour indaba

By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in The Intelligence Bulletin, republished on eHowzit.co.za

2 November 2014

 

Cost of long-running platinum strike is enormous

By Stef Terblanche

Published in Legal Brief (first published in Polity)

24 March 2014

 

Fanon, Guevara, Mandela and Malema

By Stef Terblanche

Published in Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) republished by Abahlali.org

13 December 2011 by

 

South Africa in trouble: illegal, violent protests and strikes spiralling out of control

By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in The Intelligence Bulletin, republished on eHowzit.co.za

19 August 2014

 

Confidence in South Africa’s justice system remains high

By Stef Terblanche, Political Analyst

Published in The Intelligence Bulletin, republished on eHowzit.co.za

28 October 2014

 

The Re-Colonisation of Africa

By Stef Terblanche

Published in The Marxist-Leninist Daily, newspaper of the Communist Party of Canada (first published in Leadership)

 

 

 

 

 

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