It is becoming possible, at least after an alcoholic beverage or two, to discern two broad pathways for SA towards 2050. 

Socioeconomic and political conditions will continue to generate widespread discontent with governing parties. Stagnant per capita incomes, decaying infrastructure and the normalisation of corruption are all well established and cannot be significantly reversed for many years. ..

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