Real Economy
Distorted lens
By: Terence Creamer 24th July 2026 Transitions are never easy. They are disruptive and are often fiercely resisted. South Africa navigated its own grand political transition in 1994,... →
Think electricity
By: Terence Creamer 17th July 2026 Global statistics continue to reaffirm the role of electricity as the future dominant energy carrier. More and more energy services are being... →
Measured ambition
By: Terence Creamer 10th July 2026 South Africa’s planned R1-trillion infrastructure programme is undoubtedly a chance to revive the struggling construction sector and to stimulate... →
Populist omen
By: Terence Creamer 3rd July 2026 South Africa is approaching the fifth anniversary of the deadly July 2021 riots and looting in an atmosphere that is again heavily laden with the... →
Firm timetable needed
By: Terence Creamer 26th June 2026 The deadline has arrived for the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) to deliver its detailed proposal and implementation plan for establishing a... →
Bridge, not destination
By: Terence Creamer 19th June 2026 How do people in Gauteng know when motorists are driving under the influence? They are driving straight! It is to this type of sardonic humour that... →
Distribution dilemma
By: Terence Creamer 12th June 2026 During a recent joint meeting of the portfolio committees on electricity and energy and cooperative governance and traditional affairs it became... →
Virtue of necessity
By: Terence Creamer 5th June 2026 Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the... →
Big and small pictures
By: Terence Creamer 29th May 2026 Much has been written in recent weeks about the geopolitical factors now driving the energy transition. Particular attention has been given to how... →
Risks to reform
By: Terence Creamer 22nd May 2026 The economic reform agenda has emerged as the defining feature of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, especially the reforms under way to open... →
