Our People
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
VIDEOS
What Will Make Coalitions Work?
Ray Hartley
4 Jun 2024
VIDEOS
A Look at How Coalition Talks Might Shake Out
Ray Hartley
4 Jun 2024
NEWS
Five Key Takeaways from South Africa’s 2024 General Elections
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
4 Jun 2024
NEWS
Seven Post-Election Crisis Points That May Face South Africa
Greg Mills, Ray Hartley
3 Jun 2024
NEWS
Lessons for SA’s Left and Right from Spain’s Coalition Government
Greg Mills, Ray Hartley
31 May 2024
VIDEOS
MK Hurts ANC’s Chances of National Majority
Ray Hartley
31 May 2024
NEWS
Opinion: Why South Africa’s Election Matters for Ukraine
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
29 May 2024
NEWS
Democracy on the Line: Four Scenarios for South Africa’s Election
Greg Mills, Ray Hartley
28 May 2024
NEWS
Anyone Read Animal Farm? SA's Democratic Fragility and Four Scenarios
Greg Mills, Ray Hartley
27 May 2024
NEWS
Staying in Power at Any Cost — Ramaphosa’s Pivot to Populism
Ray Hartley, Greg Mills
20 May 2024
NEWS
How the Vote Navigator Works
Ray Hartley
16 May 2024
VIDEOS
2024 Elections | Closer Look at The Brenthurst Foundation Vote Navigator
Ray Hartley
13 May 2024