South Africa is facing an extraordinary ‘polycrisis’. The dimensions of this crisis include an energy collapse; a failing rail network; weak education outcomes; an interrupted water supply; and the effects of decades of endemic corruption that have brought much of government to a halt.
But the country also has incredible assets: a wealth of sought-after minerals; an enviable Constitution that protects rights and advocates social inclusion; an advanced financial and services sector; thriving agricultural and auto industries that compete with the best in the world; a prosecution service that is rapidly rebuilding; and, most of all, strong-willed people determined to make life better through hard work, entrepreneurship and hustling. The choice is stark: we either build on the positives and take the country forward or we will be overwhelmed by the negatives and end up as another Zimbabwe or Venezuela.
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Professor Lyal White as he engages in a discussion with authors, Greg Mills, Mills Soko, and Ray Hartley on the three possible future scenarios for South Africa according to their book : The Good, the Bad or the Ugly: Scenarios for South Africa’s uncertain Future.
Date: 6 December 2023
Time: 08:30 – 10:00 am
Venue: GIBS, 26 Melville Road, Illovo.
