Jan Hofmeyr

Head of the Policy and Analysis Program

Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in Cape Town

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Jan Hofmeyr heads the Policy and Analysis Program at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in Cape Town. Hofmeyr is one of 246 country experts who worked on the latest edition of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index, BTI 2016. 

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Photo: President of South Africa Jacob Zuma
President Jacob Zuma, by Linh Do via flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

State Capture in South Africa

February 20, 2017 / Jan Hofmeyr

A recently-released report on State Capture indicates that one family could seemingly succeed in skewing the spending priorities of the government in Pretoria. It’s a crisis induced by weak state institutions and it has enraged many South Africans. South African Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela’s much anticipated report on state capture released on November 3, 2016 […]

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People's March Anti Xenophobia Jeppe street, Johannesburg, outside Little Etheopia
People's March Anti Xenophobia Jeppe street, Johannesburg, by Dyltong, via commons.wikimedia.org, CC-BY-SA 4.0

South Africa & Brazil: Immigration Hubs Out of Steam

May 30, 2016 / Jan Hofmeyr

In the current tough economic climate in emerging economies, the need for effective migration policies is critical. Retaining home-grown skills and avoiding civil conflict are some of the greatest challenges for countries like South Africa and Brazil. This article is part of our “Migration & Transformation” series. Many governments and civil societies in developing and […]

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Woman protesting against the poor quality of the town’s water supply in Standerton, South Africa © Jan Truter via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Woman protesting against the poor quality of the town’s water supply in Standerton, South Africa © Jan Truter via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

South Africa & Brazil: Haunted by Success

October 14, 2015 / Jan Hofmeyr

As the emerging markets of Brazil and South Africa struggle, both countries are starting to realize that their development agendas lack a long-term perspective. The new middle classes will bear the greatest costs of this failure. These are trying times for Brazil and South Africa, the southern members of the BRICS grouping of emerging nations that also […]

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Construction works in Ethiopia © Simon Davis/Department for International Development (CC BY 2.0)
Construction works in Ethiopia © Simon Davis/Department for International Development (CC BY 2.0)

Inclusive Development is needed to Sustain “Africa Rising”

May 21, 2015 / Jan Hofmeyr

Against predictions, the past 15 years have seen many African countries on the path towards greater stability, investment and growth. Now the challenge is to ensure that this success filters down to the level of ordinary citizens. For most of the previous century Africa has generally suffered from negative stereotypes – particularly from a governance […]

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