A Time Traveller's Guide to Our Next Ten Years

South Africa is at a tipping point. Unemployment, slow growth, threats to freedom of speech, and poor education can send the country in any direction. Leading scenario planner Frans Cronje identifies the key trends that will shape our future. Will South Africa follow the Narrow Road, the Wide Road, the Rocky Road or the Toll Road? His four scenarios for the country are sobering, sometimes shocking, but also hopeful.

Frans Cronje is the CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR). He has presented scenarios concerning South Africa's long-term economic and political prospects to over a hundred corporations, government departments, foreign governments and political parties. He holds a PhD in scenario planning from North West University.