Where to from here?

Tara Roos analyses South African politics in an era of rising populism and uncertainty. She examines structural weaknesses, strategic errors, and party identity crises that have led to unstable coalition politics. Political parties are grouped as winners, losers, or survivors, highlighting successes, failures, and growth patterns. In a democracy still shaped by the promises of 1994, Where to from here? explores how politicians have failed the people and calls on the electorate to demand accountability and better leadership.

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 alongside CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit.