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South Africa: A Bleak Picture of SA On Path to Authoritarianism
Business Day, 6 May 2009
AFTER 15 years of democracy, SA, the poster child of a peaceful transition, stands at a fork in the road, according to the Dinokeng scenario team which plotted three possible… Read more »
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South Africa: New Scenarios Must Be Preached Countrywide
Business Day, 6 May 2009
A CRISIS is a good thing to be in if you're planning to think about the future. It infuses any thinking that might occur with a purpose it might otherwise lack. Read more »
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South Africa: Passive Citizens' Pathway to Debt And Autocratic Rule
Business Day, 6 May 2009
THE Walk Behind scenario is predicated on strong state leadership -- a state that develops the necessary confidence to lead, direct and set terms for development. Read more »
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South Africa: The Third Dinokeng Scenario
Business Day, 6 May 2009
THE third Dinokeng scenario paints the picture of a responsive and accountable government under pressure from ordinary people who form groups to demand better health services,… Read more »
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South Africa: What the Presidency Predicted for SA Last Year
Business Day, 6 May 2009
GOVERNMENT policy tsar Joel Netshitenzhe predicted a split in the ruling party in a government scenario planning exercise titled Scenarios 2025: The Future We Chose? Read more »
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South Africa: Scenario Planners Question State Role
Business Day, 6 May 2009
AN ATTEMPT by the state to overstretch itself and play too ambitious a role will not help SA out of the global recession, according to a set of hypothetical scenarios for SA's… Read more »
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South Africa: New Scenarios Challenge Citizens to Engage the State
Business Day, 6 May 2009
IN 1991, in the midst of doubt about whether SA would achieve a political settlement, 22 politicians, activists, academics and business people sat down to think what SA might look… Read more »
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South Africa: Visions of the Future Contain Blind Spots And Detours Around Fault Lines
Business Day, 6 May 2009
SOUTH Africans are great talkers, but lousy doers. More so those who are tasked with governance, planning and implementing the many programmes devised to deal genuinely with the… Read more »