{"product_id":"after-dawn-mcebisi-jonas-9781770106758","title":"After Dawn: Hope After State Capture","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn October 2015, the Gupta brothers offered Mcebisi Jonas the position of minister of finance in exchange for R600 million. Then deputy minister of finance, Jonas turned down the bribe and a period of deep introspection followed for him. How did we reach this point, and what did the future hold for South Africa's democracy and the economy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eAfter Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e, Mcebisi Jonas analyses the crisis at the heart of our current system, which places politics at the centre of policymaking and implementation at the expense of growth. In this important and authoritative book, Jonas first unpacks and analyses the current badlands of the South African economic and political landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the second half, Jonas proposes a series of workable and practical solutions for transitioning South Africa into a growing, job-creating country including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePutting inclusive growth at the centre of economic policy;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003erapidly expanding new technological capacities and knowledge to transition to a twenty-first-century economy;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexpanding human capabilities at scale;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epath-changing trade-offs to catalyse the next phase of South Africa's development;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enurturing a corruption-free, high-performance state built on meritocracy and innovation; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echanging the nature of politics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime is of the essence and the window of opportunity is narrowing for all South Africans to work together towards the South Africa we all imagined was possible in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McEbisi Jonas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770106758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770106758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pan MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d","brand":"McEbisi Jonas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126206460159,"sku":"9781770106758","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bf07684-b7f7-4695-b09b-7772c548e4dd.jpg?v=1687446860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-dawn-mcebisi-jonas-9781770106758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}