Violence, economics and the future of the ANC
This seminar presents the ISS' latest futures analysis on economics, politics and instability in South Africa up to 2024.
Date: 2016-06-21
Time: 10:30 to 12:30
Venue: Conference room
, ISS Pretoria
, Block C
, Brooklyn Court
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RSVP: Anu Klaassens
Phone: +27 12 346 9500
Email: [email protected]
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What do rising levels of protest and a depreciating economic and political climate mean for South Africa’s future? Is the Rainbow Nation at a turning point?
This seminar presents the ISS’ latest futures analysis on economics, politics and instability in South Africa up to 2024. Three new papers setting out scenarios and providing policy recommendations will be launched.
Co-authors Jakkie Cilliers and Ciara Aucoin will outline scenarios on the future of the ANC, likely election outcomes, and levels of protest and associated violence. Professor Steven Friedman will be the respondent.
Chair: Gareth Newham, Head, Governance, Crime and Justice division, ISS
Speakers:
- Dr Jakkie Cilliers, Head, African Futures and Innovation, ISS
- Ciara Aucoin, Researcher, African Futures and Innovation, ISS
- Professor Steven Friedman, Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy, Rhodes University/University of Johannesburg