Real Economy
Big decisions loom
By: Terence Creamer 13th February 2026 South Africa is weighing a range of policy measures as various manufacturing sectors – from ferroalloys and steel, to automotives – face... →
Welcome visibility
By: Terence Creamer 6th February 2026 A new data portal made publicly available recently by the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) provides some encouraging insight into... →
Central defensive midfield
By: Terence Creamer 30th January 2026 In his prime, it was typical for fans of those teams in which French international footballer N'Golo Kanté played, including Chelsea, to quip that... →
Stability versus resilience
By: Terence Creamer 23rd January 2026 The revised Eskom unbundling strategy announced is emerging as something of a touchstone for government’s commitment – or otherwise – to reforming... →
Danger signs
By: Terence Creamer 16th January 2026 “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the... →
I saw the crescent . . . 
By: Terence Creamer 12th December 2025 As the sun sets on 2025, South Africa’s long-awaited recovery is becoming visible like the first sliver of a waxing crescent days after a new moon.... →
Shift in mood
By: Terence Creamer 5th December 2025 The complex and multidimensional nature of life in any country means that more than one thing is invariably true at the same time. Moreover, these... →
Rooted in reality?
By: Terence Creamer 28th November 2025 When South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s, and when climate constraints were not yet on the agenda, energy policy was arguably the... →
Important shift
By: Terence Creamer 21st November 2025 There are signs that the long-promised change to the composition of government spending – from consumption to capital investment – is at last... →
Scrap continues
By: Terence Creamer 14th November 2025 When ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) initially announced in January that it would be closing the Newcastle mill and winding down its long-steel... →
