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South Africa Scenarios




          Legend: Predicted achievement of NDP priorities for 2030.
          Not affected   Will likely achieve   May achieve >50%   May achieve <50%   Will not achieve

                 Perpetual               Fake it until we       Owning our        Predicted achievement
                 Hangover                make it , or not?      future            of NDP priorities for 2030

          Social
          Policy,  economic   and Committed, competent  Racial and social tensions  1  Ո`ˆ˜} > V>«>Li] i̅ˆV>]
          social failures are held as  individuals  inspire transition into genuine   and developmental state
          evidence of entrenched  SA      through    their reconciliation, unity, and   2  Vœ˜œ“ˆV ÌÀ>˜ÃvœÀ“>̈œ˜
          À>VˆÃ“°  ,>Vˆ>  Ìi˜Ãˆœ˜Ã]  competence,  showing Vœ““œ˜ «ÕÀ«œÃi° -œÕ̅      and job creation
          hysteria, and victimhood  that real change is  Africans emerge from

          >Ài ˆ˜Ìi˜Ìˆœ˜>Þ >“«ˆwi`  possible.   General self-imposed   enclaves  3  `ÕV>̈œ˜] ΈÃ] >˜` …i>Ì…
          amid rising levels of  denunciation of racial  to     live  comfortably  4  œ˜Ãœˆ`>̈˜} ÜVˆ> Ü>}i
          ۈœi˜Vi°    ,iÃi˜Ì“i˜Ì  incitement    improves alongside one another,      through reliable, quality
          spirals into irreconcilable  social   cohesion,  promoting     common       basic services
          ÜVˆ> `ˆvviÀi˜Við      constitutionalism,  and purpose   and    social 5 Spatial integration, human
                                   economic growth.        Vœ…iȜ˜°                  settlements, and local
                                                                                      government
                                                                                   6 Social cohesion and safe
                                                                                      communities
                                                                                   7 A better Africa and world
          National policy
          Redistributionist socialist  Policy     remains  œÛiÀ˜“i˜Ì `iÀi}Տ>Ìià  1  Ո`ˆ˜} > V>«>Li] i̅ˆV>]
          ideologies dogma, led by  contradictory     and aspects of the labour       and developmental state
          idealism and populism,  confusing.       People market, secures property   2  Vœ˜œ“ˆV ÌÀ>˜ÃvœÀ“>̈œ˜
          takes the place of growth- start  ignoring  the rights     (abandoning      and job creation
          vœVÕÃi`  ÀivœÀ“ˆÃÌ  «œˆVÞ°  Government and the  expropriation  without  3  `ÕV>̈œ˜] ΈÃ] >˜` …i>Ì…
          Race-based policies are  State.      Resistance compensation), repeals
          “œÀi  ÃÌÀˆVÌÞ  i˜vœÀVi`°  continues to grow, and  various  aspects  of  4  œ˜Ãœˆ`>̈˜} ÜVˆ> Ü>}i
          An assault is launched  Government      quashes race-based policies in      through reliable, quality
          against      democratic any dissent in its tracks.  favour of empowerment   basic services
          institutions,   property                         based on growth and  5 Spatial integration, human
          rights, and critical or                          employment, and works      settlements, and local
          `ˆÃÃi˜Ìˆ˜} ۜˆVià °                              with the private sector to   government
                                                           ÀiLՈ` -Ƃ°             6 Social cohesion and safe
                                                                                      communities
                                                                                   7 A better Africa and world
          Service delivery
          Protests        increase A   more   coordinated Policy   changes    are 1  Ո`ˆ˜} > V>«>Li] i̅ˆV>]
          dramatically,  take  on State   delivers  better ivviV̈ÛiÞ ˆ“«i“i˜Ìi`°   and developmental state
          repugnant   racial  and ÃiÀۈVið  *ÀœÌiÃÌà  }ˆÛi  An  impressive  and   2  Vœ˜œ“ˆV ÌÀ>˜ÃvœÀ“>̈œ˜
          ethnic undertones, and  way to people taking  ivwVˆi˜Ì    VˆÛˆ   ÃiÀۈVi   and job creation
          turns to violence and  charge of their destinies,  arises, irrespective of
          destruction of assets. The  with the State removing  the political party in   3  `ÕV>̈œ˜] ΈÃ] >˜` …i>Ì…
          “moral    underground” structural/regulatory  «œÜiÀ° -Ƃ ˆÃ > VœÕ˜ÌÀÞ ˆ˜  4  œ˜Ãœˆ`>̈˜} ÜVˆ> Ü>}i
          w˜`à    ˆÌ   ˆ˜VÀi>Ș}Þ  barriers  to    self- which people do things     through reliable, quality
          `ˆvwVÕÌ   ̜   v՘V̈œ˜  ÃÕ««œÀ̰  ƂÌ…œÕ}…  iÃà  for themselves, and the   basic services
          >˜`    v>Vià   i݈ÃÌi˜Ìˆ>  challenged, SA still relies   œÛiÀ˜“i˜Ì  …i«Ã  ̜
          challenges due to a  heavily on the “moral  create the conditions for    5 Spatial integration, human
          dissolution of SA’s social  ՘`iÀ}ÀœÕ˜`°»        ̅i“ ̜ `œ ܰ             settlements, and local
          fabric.                                                                     government
                                                                                   6 Social cohesion and safe
                                                                                      communities
                                                                                   7 A better Africa and world




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