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Ray Hartley
Research Director, The Brenthurst Foundation
South Africa
Ray Hartley is the Research Director of the Brenthurst Foundation. Ray has a postgraduate honours degree from Rhodes University where he studied African politics and journalism.
Ray was an anti-apartheid activist in the United Democratic Front while serving on the executive of the National Union of South African Students. He later worked for the Human Awareness Programme, an NGO which provided training and advice to activists. He then worked as an administrator in the Codesa constitutional negotiations that ended apartheid. After a stint as the boxing correspondent of the then Weekly Mail, he joined Business Day and then the Sunday Times. He covered the Nelson Mandela presidency, travelling the world with him and witnessing the birth of the new, democratic South Africa.
He has edited several prominent South African newspapers and online publications, including the Sunday Times, The Times, Rand Daily Mail and BusinessLIVE.
Ray is the author of Ragged Glory: The Rainbow Nation in Black and White, which tells the story of the first two turbulent decades of democracy in South Africa. He wrote The Big Fix: How South Africa Stole the 2010 World Cup and Ramaphosa: The Man Who Would be King. Ray also authored chapters in Better Choices and In The Name of the People and is co-author of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Scenarios for South Africa's Uncertain Future
Content by Ray Hartley
EVENTS
South Africa and Democracy in Africa - A webinar in partnership with RUSI
with Ray Hartley
NEWS
Outplaying the populists: A playbook for competitive African politics
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
16 Feb 2021
NEWS
Dealing with Zuma: It's a choice between a political and constitutional crisis
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
2 Feb 2021
EVENTS
GAP: Efficiency of Fiscal Spending, Political Economy of Reform
with Ray Hartley
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Debt and Taxes: What Does South Africa's Future Hold? A Webinar Series
with Ray Hartley
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GAP: Revenue management: What Is To Be Done?
with Ray Hartley
NEWS
Uganda: Keeping a Democratic Dream — and a Candidate — Alive
Greg Mills, Ray Hartley
16 Jan 2021
EVENTS
GAP: Our Fiscal Consolidation Path: Is it Feasible?
with Ray Hartley
NEWS
The Careless State: Using 'easy money' to retain power, pursue vanity projects and cushion the elite
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
6 Jan 2021
EVENTS
Watch The Webinar: Tanzania's Lurch Backwards
with Ray Hartley
EVENTS
Watch the Webinar: A Special Case: Zambia's Economic Meltdown
with Ray Hartley
NEWS
Ramaphosa's recovery plan: A tipping point for energy and infrastructure — or another missed opportunity?
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
3 Nov 2020