Real Economy
Crunch time
By: Terence Creamer 15th November 2019 South Africans are painfully aware of the negative consequences of power shortages. The menace of load-shedding has hung over the country’s economy... →
Backsliding 
By: Terence Creamer 8th November 2019 The problems with the way the World Bank’s yearly ‘Ease of Doing Business Ranking’ is compiled are well documented. Nevertheless, the ranking has... →
Urgent Concurrence
By: Terence Creamer 1st November 2019 The very last column in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019) table is certain to attract much attention, for the immediate future anyway.... →
Power struggle
By: Terence Creamer 25th October 2019 State-owned electricity utility Eskom confirmed earlier this month that it would be taking the Energy Regulator’s most recent tariff determination... →
Necessary, but insufficient
By: Terence Creamer 18th October 2019 “The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will be a game-changer, both for South Africa and the rest of the continent,” President... →
Best of bad choices
By: Terence Creamer 11th October 2019 When asked by CNN host Fareed Zakaria about America’s decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, former British Prime Minister David Cameron... →
Tail wagging dog
By: Terence Creamer 4th October 2019 During a recent energy event, Andy Calitz, who has bravely put up his hand for the vacant post of Eskom CEO, indicated that one of his major... →
Saved by democracy?
By: Terence Creamer 27th September 2019 The reactions of Julius Malema and Gwede Mantashe respectively to recent negative media reports show up stark differences in both style and... →
Food for thought
By: Terence Creamer 13th September 2019 Next week is the deadline for the submission of comments on the economic policy paper released by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in late August. The... →
VAR and the IRP
By: Terence Creamer 6th September 2019 If you watch international football, you will be acutely aware that one of the hottest topics of conversations these days is ‘VAR’ or the video... →
