Real Economy
Unavoidable trade-offs
By: Terence Creamer 9th May 2025 The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has initiated two major tariff reviews that could have significant... →
Window of opportunity
By: Terence Creamer 2nd May 2025 The full implications for South Africa of US President Donald Trump’s untargeted trade and industrial policies are not yet fully known. They are... →
Renewables aspirant
By: Terence Creamer 25th April 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has outlined the case for why the State-owned utility will be entering the renewable-energy space more assertively over the... →
Steady progress
By: Terence Creamer 18th April 2025 Methodical progress is being made ahead of the launch, later this year, of South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission... →
Back to the future? 
By: Terence Creamer 11th April 2025 There’s some concern that government is delaying the inevitable, after more support was extended to ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to facilitate... →
New narrative
By: Terence Creamer 4th April 2025 Developments in those transport sectors hitherto dominated by Transnet reflect not only a belated acknowledgement of South Africa’s fiscal... →
Striking the right Budget balance
By: Terence Creamer 28th March 2025 There are arguably three ways to view recent developments around South Africa’s Budget process. The first, is to lament. →
Eskom’s four seasons
By: Terence Creamer 21st March 2025 Listening recently to a live rendition of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as South Africa descended into yet another unwelcome bout of loadshedding,... →
Trade war blueprint
By: Terence Creamer 14th March 2025 US President Donald Trump’s recently published trade policy agenda leaves absolutely no room for nuance. Not even the tiniest crack has been left... →
What could go wrong?
By: Terence Creamer 7th March 2025 The perils associated with assigning shareholder responsibilities for State-owned enterprises (SOEs) that previously fell under the Department of... →
