Real Economy
Road trip to the ʼ20s
By: Terence Creamer 13th December 2019 As we approach the onramp to the 2020’s, the car-wreck of South Africa’s ‘lost decade’ looms large in the rear-view mirror. The confidence boost... →
Huge risk, no urgency
By: Terence Creamer 6th December 2019 The risk posed by Eskom to the fiscus is surpassed only by the risk posed by ongoing electricity shortages to the economy and South Africa’s growth... →
Time to get real about Eskom coal fleet
By: Terence Creamer 29th November 2019 Opinion may be divided on the appointment of Andre de Ruyter as Eskom’s new CEO, but on one point it’s overwhelmingly united: there will be no... →
Mobilise private finance 
By: Terence Creamer 22nd November 2019 One of the key messages in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Africa Energy Outlook 2019 report is that neither State budgets nor... →
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... →
