EXTRACT: How to Fix a Country
In Roy Havemann’s book How to Fix (unf*ck) a Country, he argues that after state capture, South Africa is not in a good place. The system is down. How do we reboot?
We are not the first country to find itself in a difficult spot. China, India, South Korea, Vietnam and many others have gone from being economic basket cases to powerhouses, lifting millions out of poverty. So how can we pick ourselves up and fix things?
In this book, Roy Havemann argues that we need to focus on six basic “E”s: Eskom, Education, Environment, Exports, Ethics and Equality.
He lays out how to practically learn from other countries’ achievements and mistakes: for example, how China, Greece and Colombia solved load shedding, how
