Real Economy
Shift in focus
By: Terence Creamer 14th July 2023 While it is far too early to declare victory over loadshedding, with many perils still to overcome across many fronts, Electricity Minister Dr... →
Help or hindrance? 
By: Terence Creamer 7th July 2023 It’s far from ideal that several of South Africa’s main micro-economic problems are being managed by crisis committees made up of government... →
Least-cost foundation
By: Terence Creamer 30th June 2023 There is no question that South Africa truly does need to update its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), with the demand, supply and technology cost... →
Explaining is losing
By: Terence Creamer 23rd June 2023 The hackneyed political phrase ‘if you're explaining, you're losing’, probably best describes the predicament in which the South African government... →
Move on
By: Terence Creamer 16th June 2023 South Africans are beyond exhausted when it comes to power disruptions and are entirely fed up with false promises. Amid the fatigue and annoyance,... →
Power of reform
By: Terence Creamer 9th June 2023 For several years, certain forward-looking commentators argued that by making only a minor amendment to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation... →
Vital overhaul
By: Terence Creamer 2nd June 2023 One of the ironies about South Africa’s use of competitive bidding for just about all public procurement, from the purchase of office stationery to... →
Action, not distraction
By: Terence Creamer 26th May 2023 Political and social turbulence has swirled fiercely ever since former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter appeared in that explosive television interview in... →
That blackout feeling
By: Terence Creamer 19th May 2023 There is justifiable concern that South Africa’s grid could collapsed this winter given ongoing high breakdowns across the Eskom coal fleet, the... →
Pregnant pause
By: Terence Creamer 12th May 2023 It is good news that President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally Gazetted a notice declaring that Section 6 of the National Energy Act, which stipulates... →
