Ebrahim Harvey writes that the country is in a state of crisis, and will likely not improve before the 2024 elections. He reflects on whether South Africa can be saved.
I know of no previous moment in post-apartheid history when the morale and mood of ordinary people and, in fact, of many leading figures in civil society were more negative about both the present and the future than now.
If truth be told, we are sitting with a gut-wrenching crisis that has produced widespread, deep, palpable and persistent despair and disappointment among people, especially the youth, most of whom have given up hope of jobs and a better and brighter future.