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The lights are back on. But is South Africa really moving forward?
4 Sep 2026

Are we building the future we want?
4 Sep 2026

The launch of the 2035 Barometer
4 Sep 2026

South Africa’s future is a choice, not an inevitable fate.
3 Sep 2026

Launch of the PA-IFS municipal intelligence series
2 Sep 2026

Xhanti Payi: Corruption | Dying Middle Class | SA’s Real Trajectory | Job Crisis | Vulture Culture
30 Aug 2026

On Air | Power 98.7
23 Aug 2026
Economist and researcher, Xhanti Payi has just been appointed chairperson of the Indlulamithi SA Scenarios Trust.
21 Aug 2026

Indlulamithi appoints Payi as chair along with three new trustees
17 Aug 2026
16th December – Day of Reconciliation
December 18, 2020
Indlulamithi’s journey beyond 2030 into 2035
October 29, 2020
Social media and social cohesion
September 30, 2020
Trends and Black Swans
April 16, 2020
Unsafe schools: a breeding ground for inequality…
February 20, 2020
Malnutrition
November 21, 2019
National Unity
November 20, 2019
Social cohesion: Why it matters to us
October 21, 2019
South Africa most trending towards Gwara Gwara scenario
August 27, 2019
Access to ECD a window of opportunity
December 11, 2018
Kindred spirits in quest for cohesion
December 11, 2018
Still criss-crossing the country
December 11, 2018
The outlook for 2019
December 11, 2018
Guiding Courageous Conversations
October 30, 2018
Health benefits of Indlulamithi
October 30, 2018
Scenarios though lens of recent events
October 30, 2018
Trauma and unhealed scars of South Africa by Wandile Ngcaweni
October 23, 2018
Land reform for a more cohesive society
September 27, 2018
The giraffe leaves its footprint in PE
September 27, 2018
On the heritage trail and into the Western Cape
September 27, 2018
‘Be bolder! Go deeper!’
September 27, 2018
Nayi le Walk – a nation in step with itself
June 28, 2018
Gwara Gwara – a floundering false dawn
June 28, 2018
The conversation has begun!
June 27, 2018
iSbhujwa – an enclave bourgeois nation
June 27, 2018
President welcomes big thinking and shared agency
June 27, 2018
Education and social inclusion
April 23, 2018
Intergenerational woundedness
April 19, 2018
Gender-based violence
April 19, 2018
Employment and income equity
April 19, 2018
Born frees’ perspectives on legacy of trauma
April 19, 2018
Research conference
March 5, 2018

Daily Maverick
Indlulamithi Scenarios Trust, in collaboration with The GIBS Centre for Leadership and Dialogue, will present the results of the 2022 Indlulamithi Barometer and host a ‘Social Compact Seminar’.
SABC Channel Africa – 25 July 2022
Ahead of Indlulamithi Day 2022, Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to SABC Channel Africa on how events from the last 12 months affected South Africa’s prospects for social cohesion?
SAfm – 25 July 2022
Dr. Tara Polzer Ngwato and Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya discuss future studies and scenarios building exercises for the future of South Africans. They explain more about what they have looked at from stories that developed in 2017 and fast track into what it would look like in 2030
SAfm – 30 July 2022
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to Michelle Constant on Indlulamithi Day 2022 (Social Compacting Seminar) the possibilities of co-creating and framing what a new social compacting process might look like for South Africa.
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Prof. Somadoda Fikeni spoke eNCA on: Social media and social cohesion
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to Talk Radio 702 on : Our jobless youth: what is to be done, South Africa?
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to Cape Talk on: Our jobless youth: what is to be done, South Africa?
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya wrote an article for Daily Maverick on: Lack of young leadership is a development roadblock for South Africa.
Monday, 31 May 2021
Andile Sangqu wrote an article for Business Day on: Thinking through scenarios can drive a new SA social compact.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Xolelwa Kashe-katiya spoke to eNCA on: Road to reconciliation.
Monday, 18 November 2020
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to Power FM on: The role of scenarios in Social Compacting.
Monday, 19 October 2020
Prof. Somadoda Fikeni spoke to classic FM on: Social media and social cohesion
Monday, 19 October 2020
Andile Sangqu spoke to Power FM on: Social media and social cohesion.
Monday, 25 January 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to eNCA on: Commentary on the National Planning Commission’s recent report on the state of South Africa’s economy and what steps the country needs to take to get out of crisis.
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to Business Day TV on: Commentary – Can SA still achieve its NDP 2030 goals?
Sunday, 03 January 2021
Dr Abba Omar wrote an article for City Press on: Covid-19 magnified the grey rhinos we knew but chose to ignore.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Dr Abba Omar wrote an article for Business Day: On the horns of our dilemmas: what we need to understand about grey rhino scenarios.
Monday, 22 February 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to SAFM on: Economic stagnation: Can the NDP objectives be achieved.
Monday, 22 February 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to Money Web on: Economic stagnation: Can the NDP objectives be achieved.
Monday, 22 February 2021
City Press wrote an article on: SA was in an economic crisis before Covid 19, industry leaders say.
Thursday, 18 February 2021
South Africa Today wrote an article on: ADRS and Indlulamithi SA Scenarios to highlight alternative policy pathways for SA’s post-COVID economic recovery
Sunday, 14 March 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to Power FM on: Discuss the three Indlulamithi scenarios for 2030.
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla wrote an article for Business Report on: Quantified scenarios can be the tools of foresight South Africa needs.
Monday, 18 February 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to eNCA on: SA’s economic troubles: Challenges brought on by COVID-19.
Monday, 22 February 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to Talk Radio 702 on: ADRS launches report on SA’s economic outlook.
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to SABC News on: Social impact bonds in South Africa.
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke Newzroom Afrika on: After 27 years of freedom why is it that many South Africans do not feel free?
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to SABC Channel Africa on: South Africa celebrates Freedom Day
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Dr Fikeni spoke to Talk Radio 702 on: Freedom Day: ‘South Africa has different human rights violations.’
Friday, 23 July 2021
Vuma Ngcobo spoke to eNCA on: Mass looting and violence – could we have seen this coming?
Thursday, 15 July 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to Cape Talk on: Poverty, unemployment and inequality – hosts to a parasite called politics
Friday, 16 July 2021
Wandile Ngcaweni wrote an article for Eyewitness News on: Social unrest signal a steep decline in social-cohesion
Saturday, 17 July 2021
Tara Polzer Ngwato and Asghar Adelzadeh spoke to SAFM on: Issues impacting SA youth today & the need to actively involve youth in tackling development challenges.
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to SABC News on: Indlulamithi Barometer results and which of the three Indlulamithi SA scenarios South Africa is trending towards.
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya spoke to Metro FM on: The significance and impact of the Indlulamithi research in 2021
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Daily Maverick wrote an article on: Future-proof the country: South Africa on track to become ‘land of disorder and decay’
Friday, 23 July 2021
Vuma Ngcobo wrote an article for Business Day on: Mass looting and violence – could we have seen this coming?
Sunday, 18 July 2021
Prof Somadoda Fikeni spoke to eNCA on: Indlulamithi scenarios and 2021 National Indlulamithi Barometer
Monday, 19 July 2021
The Africa Report wrote on: South Africa: The ruling ANC is not aligned with the constitution, says Kgalema Motlanthe.
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Tara Polzer Ngwato, Prof Somadoda Fikeni, Dr Yacob Abba Omar and Dr Pali Lehohlaspoke to Business Live on: Indlulamithi scenarios and 2021 National Indlulamithi Barometer
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Tara Polzer Ngwato spoke to SABC Channel Africa on: Indlulamithi Barometer and how South Africa continues to slide further towards a Gwara Gwara scenario
SAfm – 01 August 2022
Post Indlulamithi Day 2022, Dr Tara Polzer Ngwato and Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya discuss social compacting and share the 2022 Indlulamithi National Barometer findings.
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Vuma Ngcobo wrote an article for Business Day on: Lessons from abroad: Finding solutions for SA
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Dr Pali Lehohla spoke to Kaya FM on: Issues impacting SA youth today & the need to actively involve youth in tackling development challenges
Sunday, 18 July 2021
Andile Sangqu spoke to Newzroom Afrika on: SA unrest has put another spotlight on inequality










































