With a rebel yell, SA needs to forge a new path away from the status quo
The emphasis must shift towards using science to solve our challenges and, as a result, to a point where we embrace what amounts to a new ‘rebel path’ that enables our future
SA is not asking the right questions about what’s required to positively influence its economic and social trajectory. For too long now, the debate has centred on what steps the government should be taking to bed down pronounced levels of policy certainty — and while this clearly matters — it isn’t what will singularly unlock a path to growth. Growth is a collective responsibility and a collective result of new decisions and actions that challenge, improve and, where appropriate, disregard the status quo. What we’re not doing is asking questions about where and when we disregard the status quo. If we are to park the policy question, it demands a discussion about what other solutions we should be putting on the table. Taking back the locus of control is about how policy enables decisions rather than limiting the thinking behind them. The emphasis must shift towards a collective effort to understand our environment, to a point where we use science to solve our challenges and, as a res...
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