DO YOU ever wonder what the world will look like in 2040? Prof PLO Lumumba suggested that by 2040, South Africa will be the new world superpower. In this article I try to determine the veracity of this claim.
Currently, it is the US leading the pack, with China emerging as a serious threat to their dominance. South Africa is still a developing country, which like many others, faces the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality.
These, according to Naresh Singh and Vangile Titi, are exacerbated by inflation, globalisation, disease, scarcity of resources, environmental degradation and lack of skills including enterprise development, professional and entrepreneurial skills.
This is so despite having a well institutionalised democracy, with a value system that encourages a harmonious coexistence based on transparent and accountable…
