Everybody makes a wrong decision, sooner or later. Be it in a personal capacity, in a marriage or in government, this is true. The thing is: can you recognise when this has happened? Can you make a U-turn, recover and improve?
This is more likely to happen where there is openness, where an "opposing narrative" is looked at and accommodated -- even if it is not accepted. If the other point-of-view is not even allowed to surface, then it is unlikely that any introspection will happen, certainly not any honest introspection.
In his book The Long View: Getting beyond the drama of SA's headlines, JP Landman looks at eight issues that have a bearing on whether this country has what it takes to be successful. That South Africa is an open society is one of the things going for it.
Two of the issues mentioned work against the country.
Find the interview with JP Landman on www.polity.org.za or click here.
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