Richard Calland is one of South Africa’s most incisive political analysts. He led IDASA’s political and economic governance programmes for over a decade, is a founder member of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), and is an associate professor in public law. He is the co-founding partner of The Paternoster Group: African Political Insight, and is a long-time retained advisor to Massmart.
A regular commentator in the press and on TV and radio, his column ‘Contretemps’ has appeared in the Mail & Guardian since 2001. His earlier publications include Thabo Mbeki’s World, Anatomy of South Africa, The Vuvuzela Revolution and The Zuma Years.
