Real Economy
Spikes and opportunities
By: Terence Creamer 23rd November 2018 As an oil price taker, South Africa should be deeply concerned about the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) warning of possible “damaging price... →
Building bridges to future
By: Terence Creamer 16th November 2018 By circumstance rather than design, the end states of several of South Africa’s largest – and most troubled – State-owned companies (SoCs) are... →
Powering a jobs compact
By: Terence Creamer 9th November 2018 The recent comment period on the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP 2018) proved useful in bringing to the fore a number of important issues... →
Industry at a crossroads
By: Terence Creamer 2nd November 2018 South Africa’s electricity sector, from generation to distribution, is at a crossroads. The traditional business model is being disrupted and not... →
Supportive climate
By: Terence Creamer 19th October 2018 South Africans were naturally preoccupied on October 8 with whether or not Nhlanhla Nene’s offer to resign as Finance Minister would be accepted by... →
Electrically mobile 
By: Terence Creamer 12th October 2018 Following a somewhat questionable hiatus in September, petrol and diesel prices resumed their sheer climbs in October, leaving motorist with the... →
Recovery is the key word
By: Terence Creamer 5th October 2018 “It’s still in the morning, it’s not a midnight special,” President Cyril Ramaphosa jested ahead of his speech at the Union Building last month to... →
On the mend?
By: Terence Creamer 28th September 2018 Business confidence is at debilitating low levels and trust between government and business remains fragile after the abusive Zuma years.... →
Promise amid the gloom
By: Terence Creamer 21st September 2018 Analogies between the state of South Africa and Bafana Bafana were easy to make after the team’s disappointing draw with Libya in Durban earlier... →
‘We can’t do expensive’
By: Terence Creamer 14th September 2018 During a recent panel discussion on the ‘electricity utility of the future’ the Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa’s Piet van Staden... →
