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.

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

Cyril Ramaphosa and the Hammering Man on the Wall

Ismail Lagardien
15 APR

Writing the 2019 Election: Personalities, time and money prevent the beating of the ANC

Ismail Lagardien
08 APR

Writing the 2019 Election: It’s becoming terribly confusing among the small parties

Ismail Lagardien
01 APR

Writing the 2019 Election: Everyone look busy, the Capitalist Party is coming

Ismail Lagardien
25 MAR

The Young Guns and reruns of Little House on the Prairie

Ismail Lagardien
20 MAR

Writing the 2019 Elections: Appeasing the EFF can only be a disaster for the ANC

Ismail Lagardien
10 MAR

Beware of the Bots and the Trolls in the Polls

Ismail Lagardien
06 MAR

Writing the 2019 election: Where have all the good women and men gone?

Ismail Lagardien
25 FEB

Writing the 2019 Elections: Conspiracism and the titillation of the populists

Ismail Lagardien
18 FEB

Writing the Election 2019: Electorate bombarded with pleas, promises and contradictions

Ismail Lagardien
03 FEB

Writing the Election 2019: There should be no place for paramilitary groups in a democratic society

Ismail Lagardien
28 JAN

Writing the 2019 election: The rise of the personality cult

Ismail Lagardien
21 JAN

Writing the 2019 election: On manifestos and milquetoast – and a hat tip to FW de Klerk

Ismail Lagardien
13 JAN

Writing the 2019 election: Strengthening Cyril Ramaphosa’s hand

Ismail Lagardien
06 JAN

Can the DA once and for all leave behind the liberalism of Tony Leon?

Ismail Lagardien
17 DEC

Unwrapping the security blanket of incumbency

Ismail Lagardien
09 DEC

Writing the election 2019: On small parties and minority voices

Ismail Lagardien
02 DEC

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