Real Economy
Has the inconceivable been made conceivable?
By: Terence Creamer 28th February 2025 Absent that dreaded black sharpie, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana (consciously or unconsciously) engaged in a manoeuvre last week that bore more... →
What next?
By: Terence Creamer 21st February 2025 Amid much hand wringing over President Donald Trump’s hostility towards South Africa, some clear-eyed analysis has emerged confirming that Trump’s... →
New abnormal
By: Terence Creamer 14th February 2025 In normal times, the State of the Nation Address (SoNA) would be the dominant political event in South Africa during the week of its delivery.... →
Transition momentum
By: Terence Creamer 7th February 2025 Recent developments in South Africa’s electricity market point to there being growing, albeit still nascent, momentum behind the country’s energy... →
How should SA respond?
By: Terence Creamer 31st January 2025 Be it apartheid, State capture or even the government of national unity, South Africans know firsthand the importance and influence of politics on... →
Perfect storm?
By: Terence Creamer 24th January 2025 There is every reason to expect that 2025 will be a year of disruption. It’s an expectation informed largely by the reality of widespread national... →
Unsurprising yet painful 
By: Terence Creamer 17th January 2025 News that the struggling Newcastle Works will close at the end of this month is yet another painful reminder of South Africa’s ongoing... →
Trading blows
By: Terence Creamer 13th December 2024 Trade and industrial policy will play a more prominent and potentially more destabilising role given that President-elect Donald Trump has... →
Time to make IRP updating routine
By: Terence Creamer 6th December 2024 After the false start of January when the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP2023) was released to much criticism and even incredulity, an... →
From crisis to . . .
By: Terence Creamer 29th November 2024 It was fascinating to listen to Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati outline, in a recent exchange with the Centre for Development and Enterprises’ Ann... →
