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Craig Bailie

Craig Bailie holds a master’s degree in International Studies from Rhodes University and a certificate in Thought Leadership for Africa’s Renewal from the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute. He is an alumnus of the Futurelect Southern Africa Public Leadership Programme and the founding director of Bailie Leadership Consultancy.

Latest Work

OPINIONISTA

21 April 2026

Why SA’s municipal decay is a followership crisis

Craig Bailie

5 min

OPINIONISTA

21 February 2024

The elections are our chance to redeem politics by voting for the collective good

Craig Bailie

6 min

OPINIONISTA

4 October 2023

Churches should welcome politicians as members and guests, but not as speakers of influence

Craig Bailie

7 min

OPINIONISTA

10 August 2023

Every South African should be concerned about the EFF’s singing of ‘Kill the boer, kill the farmer’

Craig Bailie

7 min

The SANDF’s changing roles demand a change in its organisational culture

FREEDOM DAY OP-ED

25 April 2022

The SANDF’s changing roles demand a change in its organisational culture

Craig Bailie

6 min

OPINIONISTA

28 February 2022

Servant leadership as a vital model for South Africa’s political leaders and their followers

Craig Bailie

8 min

Keeping it in the family: Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwere slips up in the nepotism stakes

AFRICAN AUTHENTICITY OP-ED

27 January 2022

Keeping it in the family: Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwere slips up in the nepotism stakes

Craig Bailie

9 min

OPINIONISTA

18 October 2021

Military veterans holding government ministers hostage is not a sign of maturing democracy; it’s criminality

Craig Bailie

7 min

Can there ever be such a thing as a good coup d'état? The short answer, in an ideal world, is No

OP-ED

7 October 2021

Can there ever be such a thing as a good coup d'état? The short answer, in an ideal world, is No

Craig Bailie

9 min

OPINIONISTA

21 September 2021

As elections loom, we must interrogate what Christian politicians mean when they call for ‘godly governance’

Craig Bailie

4 min

The SANDF’s ingrained culture of secrecy and non-communication is counter-productive and anti-democratic

OP-ED

24 August 2021

The SANDF’s ingrained culture of secrecy and non-communication is counter-productive and anti-democratic

Craig Bailie

13 min

With SA democracy under threat, bridging the knowledge gap in civil-military relations is critical

OP-ED

27 July 2021

With SA democracy under threat, bridging the knowledge gap in civil-military relations is critical

Craig Bailie

10 min

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Latest Work

Why SA’s municipal decay is a followership crisis

The elections are our chance to redeem politics by voting for the collective good

Churches should welcome politicians as members and guests, but not as speakers of influence

Every South African should be concerned about the EFF’s singing of ‘Kill the boer, kill the farmer’

The SANDF’s changing roles demand a change in its organisational culture

Servant leadership as a vital model for South Africa’s political leaders and their followers

Keeping it in the family: Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwere slips up in the nepotism stakes

Military veterans holding government ministers hostage is not a sign of maturing democracy; it’s criminality

Can there ever be such a thing as a good coup d'état? The short answer, in an ideal world, is No

As elections loom, we must interrogate what Christian politicians mean when they call for ‘godly governance’

The SANDF’s ingrained culture of secrecy and non-communication is counter-productive and anti-democratic

With SA democracy under threat, bridging the knowledge gap in civil-military relations is critical