We are living in a time when every second analyst or academic or forecaster advances a plan as to how we can extricate ourselves from the present crisis in South Africa. Most are unconvincing because the problems we face are complex and unsusceptible to quick solutions. But that does not mean that change is impossible to achieve, even if the possibilities are not immediately visible.

Professor Raymond Suttner discusses Part One of his column, 'Crisis, despair and harnessing hope'.

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