Justice Malala | SA faces another 5 years of uncertainty

SA is due a break, and it won't get it in the upcoming elections, writes Justice Malala.

As any observer of the South African political economy will tell you, Nelson Mandela’s country is long due a lucky break.

But it won’t get that break in the upcoming election, in which the governing ANC is expected to lose its majority after 30 years in power.  Plagued by "unimpressive" economic growth, one of the world’s highest unemployment rates, corruption, and failing infrastructure underlined by crippling power blackouts, the country is instead set for at least another five years of political uncertainty, dysfunction and poor economic performance.