Political environment in South Africa: looking back and ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact continued to be the backdrop of most global events in 2021, and it is generally accepted that countries will still have to manage the pandemic, albeit at reduced levels, in 2022.

In South Africa, however, we faced at least four other national crises during 2021: the economy emerging sluggishly from the 2020 recession; the local government election; the Zondo Commission finishing up its three-year investigation into state capture; and the major impact