Ismail Lagardien

Ismail Lagardien is a writer, columnist and political economist with extensive exposure and experience in global political economic affairs. He was educated at the London School of Economics, and holds a PhD in International Political Economy.

The ANC is a runaway train, South Africans are the passengers – and the baggage

Ismail Lagardien
02 AUG

The ANC: Hostage of labour and alliance members in a corrupt polity

Ismail Lagardien
29 JUL

Mamokgethi Phakeng has shaken the edifice(s) of white social certification 

Ismail Lagardien
22 JUL

‘The Science’ is necessary, but good public policy will steer us through the pandemic

Ismail Lagardien
17 JUL

The ANC needs to move on from 1960s Soviet-styled cadre deployment

Ismail Lagardien
10 JUL

Total capture is a better way to describe the capture of the state, institutions and policy-making in ANC-led government

Ismail Lagardien
01 JUL

The libertarians have won a battle – but death will win the war

Ismail Lagardien
24 JUN

Having a lot of money is no measure of greatness

Ismail Lagardien
18 JUN

Astrologers add pennies to the Covid-19 pandemic – we should probably give them back

Ismail Lagardien
10 JUN

Covid-19 and South Africa: The end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?

Ismail Lagardien
03 JUN

To understand privilege, look at the way it has built up over centuries

Ismail Lagardien
19 MAY

While things are being pulled apart, our constitutional rights must not be trampled on

Ismail Lagardien
14 MAY

There has to be something else to write about — other than the pandemic

Ismail Lagardien
04 MAY

You can follow the law and still be a believer

Ismail Lagardien
28 APR

From Krugersdorp to Constitution Hill: Tautana Wessels’s path through apartheid

Ismail Lagardien
22 APR

Get to know how science works before making claims about Covid-19

Ismail Lagardien
15 APR

Pay no heed to the redwood fundamentalists and voices from the past

Ismail Lagardien
08 APR

This pandemic ain’t over until it’s over, but we can prepare for the next one

Ismail Lagardien
01 APR

Covid-19 and me: It’s like we’re made for each other

Ismail Lagardien
25 MAR

There will be life after Covid-19

Ismail Lagardien
18 MAR

AfriForum cannot hide behind monikers of civil rights and anti-racism

Ismail Lagardien
12 MAR

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