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Article written by Michael Kahn, an independent adviser on innovation anticipation, policy, monitoring and evaluation. Professor Kahn is honorary Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University and Professor of Practice in the University of Johannesburg, He works with governments, the multilateral organisations, NGOs and higher education. His most recent publications are the UNESCO GO-SPIN Report for Mozambique, a seminal tracer study of international doctoral graduates, and an investigation into the political economy of science policy.

Unresolved participation in the market economy, combined with the stresses of de-industrialization, ‘corporatism of a special type,’ and failures of governance have brought South Africa to the brink of economic and social collapse. This anticipation considers a path away from the minimax point that the country occupies.