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.

Between darkness and dawn, my story’s waiting to be born

Ismail Lagardien
11 DEC

The coloured community and the great delusion of non-racialism

Ismail Lagardien
05 DEC

The DA 2.0 has (finally) killed the liberalism of Helen Suzman, Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert and Alex Boraine

Ismail Lagardien
27 NOV

What good is art if it satisfies only the imaginaries of artists?

Ismail Lagardien
22 NOV

South Africa needs better politicians, or smarter political alliances

Ismail Lagardien
13 NOV

The dangerous vacuity of the EFF’s populism and evangelism

Ismail Lagardien
06 NOV

The DA: Let them slug it out, we can pick at their wounds later

Ismail Lagardien
30 OCT

What would Helen the First (Suzman) make of what’s going down at the DA?

Ismail Lagardien
23 OCT

The Zondo commission is more than the sum of its parts — give it time

Ismail Lagardien
16 OCT

Extortion has become permissible, pervasive and has poisoned South African waters

Ismail Lagardien
02 OCT

Lesufi is providing a catalyst for the erasure of the language and culture of five million people

Ismail Lagardien
26 SEP

While focusing on the EFF, we ignore the ANC at our peril

Ismail Lagardien
18 SEP

A Malema prosecution could break the barrier between politics and the law

Ismail Lagardien
12 SEP

When the country seems ungovernable, Ramaphosa may become the fall guy – and the populists will win

Ismail Lagardien
04 SEP

There’s a faint drizzle before the coming storm of prosecutions

Ismail Lagardien
28 AUG

Covering Julius Malema and the EFF: It’s not an obsession, it’s good journalism

Ismail Lagardien
21 AUG

There is much more to Helen Zille’s shift to the right

Ismail Lagardien
30 JUL

It was all rather underwhelming, but revealing nonetheless

Ismail Lagardien
12 MAY

Writing the 2019 Elections: South Africa has a clear choice between progress and chaos

Ismail Lagardien
06 MAY

In the end SA politics is all about race — again

Ismail Lagardien
29 APR

Writing the 2019 Elections: Apartheid is dead, long live capitalism

Ismail Lagardien
23 APR

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