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Clem Sunter and Chantell Ilbury are scenario planners who for years have been identifying probable triggers in society and then describing the possible futures that might result because of these triggers.

In an article “Triggers that change the future” they identified 2 triggers for South Africa (and 2 for the rest of the world), namely
• A drop in our global competitiveness rating and
• An internal conflict in one form or another.

Both these triggers have already occurred in South Africa. We have dropped 15 places in our global competitiveness during the past two years and have experienced xenophobic outbreaks as well as severe conflict within the ranks of the ANC.

The futures that might result from these triggers could be that we lose our status as the leading economy in Africa and even drop off the charts all together like Somalia.

Or, with brave leadership (we have a new head of state) and by fixing the issues that went wrong (we have new ministers of health and security) South Africa can come back even stronger and be in an even better position to wear off the “Hard Times” that are looming over the west.

The critical actions we as a nation need to take are:
• To aggressively promote and peruse entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures;
• To seek greater dominance in those economical niches that are in line with our natural strengths, namely tourism, natural resources and being the gateway to the African continent.

As Mr Nelson Mandela stated:
You playing small do not serve the world.