Against a backdrop of muted economic growth and uncertainty around the upcoming national election, it remains to be seen whether South Africa can return to a path of stability and growth.

We need a new politics, and a new economy to go with it.

Taking lessons from a historical pattern called "Thucydides's Trap," political scientist Graham Allison shows why a rising China and a dominant United States could be headed towards a violent collision no one wants.

A cold realism has followed the initial euphoria that accompanied the ascendance of President Cyril Ramaphosa to the highest seat as president of his party and the country.

Differing degrees of moral panic are being flashed in the mainstream and social media on the impact of expropriation without compensation.

Professor Ruth Hall of the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (Plaas) argues that the failure of land reform was due to lack of political leadership and of clear policy as well as mismanagement and corruption.

Can business and government put aside their differences and work together to plot a path to greater prosperity for all?

Angelo Fick, senior researcher at ENCA, says that South Africa’s short term future is likely to be messy.

A great deal is expected from Cyril Ramaphosa who was elected as the president of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC).

Jacques Pauw, investigative journalist and author of The President's Keepers, believes the immediate future in South Africa remains bleak.