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The COVID-19 pandemic has bared the fragile and unequal social and economic structures underlying South Africa, and in this issue of the Journal we foreground what contributions the humanities and social sciences can make to charting a path into an improved future We are fortunate that Jonathan Jansen, President of the Academy of Science of South Africa, gathered a group of multidisciplinary essays each written by an expert Jansen, Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, is a leading intellectual, fearless author, and acclaimed researcher At his invitation, we present a diverse series of Invited Commentaries that will have lasting value for our country in the difficult period that lies ahead There are challenges but opportunities too
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