The Conference provides an opportunity for projective reflections into the next two decades of democracy, informed firstly, by historical moments that led to democracy in South Africa, and secondly, by the experiences of the last twenty years. The Conference also aims to deal with (1) the historical moments in the build-up to the democratic transition in South Africa, (2) theoretical perspectives explaining the state of South Africa in two decades of democracy, and most importantly (3) prospects for contemporary South Africa going forward.