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Executive Summary continued





                                       THE TOP RISKS FACING SA ARE:

















        • South Africa becomes a failed state

        •  Complete breakdown of ethical and legal principles across society


        •  Unmanageable societal unrest and breakdown of the rule of law


        •  Complete economic collapse


        •  Lack of skills to enable economic growth and recovery

        •  Large scale disruption of economic activity relying on stable supply of utilities


        •  Large scale interruption of digitally enabled services and economic activity


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        •  Inadequate response to current and future climate change impacts















                       “The essence of thinking the future is to understand the pattern of forces
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                        ˜ œÌ…iÀ ܜÀ`Ã] `œ˜½Ì ÌÀÞ Ìœ vœÀiV>ÃÌ Ü…>Ì ˆÃ ՘vœÀiV>ÃÌ>Li° ,>̅iÀ ˆ`i˜ÌˆvÞ Ì…i
                       forces changing the game, paint different narratives or scenarios of how the
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                       œv ̅i `ˆvviÀi˜Ì œÕÌVœ“ià >à ̅i vÕÌÕÀi ՘vœ`ð /…>Ì ˆÃ >à }œœ` >à ˆÌ }iÌð»
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