Where to From Here?

A must-read from one of the leading thinkers of the next generation. Tara Roos cuts through the political noise with this analysis of South African politics that argues that we have entered the age of uncertainty as populism is on the rise. She delves into the structural weaknesses, strategic miscalculations and political-party identity crises that have ushered South Africa into a new and unstable coalition era. Parties are categorised into three groups: Winners, Losers and Survivors as Roos lays out what they are getting right, where they are failing and why some have found growth while others have collapsed. In a democracy still grappling with the promises of 1994, Where to From Here? is an account of how politicians have failed the people and how the electorate, in turn, must now demand better. This is an indispensable book for anyone wanting to understand the future of South African politics and the choices that will define it.

TARA ROOS is a political analyst and the parliamentary correspondent for Business Day. A former parliamentary researcher, she runs the widely read ‘Tara’s Take’ Substack newsletter and co-hosts ‘The Bill’ podcast with CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit. Recognised in 2023 as one of the Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans, Roos is also a recipient of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s Ubuntu Youth Diplomacy Award.