Real Economy
Missed opportunity
By: Terence Creamer 19th July 2019 In light of the intensifying global efforts to tackle climate change, as well as South Africa’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement, it... →
High impact
By: Terence Creamer 12th July 2019 Britain’s got Brexit, America has Trump and South Africa’s got corruption. When such powerful single-issue themes permeate just about every... →
Can we dream big again?
By: Terence Creamer 5th July 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa was heavily criticised for using the closing section of his June 20 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) to outline an... →
Future certain
By: Terence Creamer 28th June 2019 Four important energy-related reports were released during the course of June, all of which contain important messages and signals for South Africa... →
Ramaphoria 2.0?
By: Terence Creamer 21st June 2019 June started disastrously and only got worse as the days passed. The month began with some unbearable passing of the political buck over who was to... →
Seize the opportunity
By: Terence Creamer 14th June 2019 In early May, South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi surprised many when he described the transition... →
What now?
By: Terence Creamer 7th June 2019 Then there were ten! In reality, far more than ten individuals have occupied the top job at State-owned electricity utility Eskom over its 96-year... →
SA’s mega mission
By: Terence Creamer 31st May 2019 The ‘13 Minutes to the Moon’ podcast series being broadcast by the BBC World Service to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing... →
Out of step
By: Terence Creamer 24th May 2019 A new report on global energy investment in 2018 points to an ongoing misalignment between approved expenditure on new fuel and power projects and... →
Time to engage
By: Terence Creamer 17th May 2019 The mood at the media conference hosted in February at the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) 7 Rissik Street head office in downtown Johannesburg... →
