Real Economy
Oversight opportunity not to be missed
By: Terence Creamer 30th March 2018 One of the few positives arising from the disastrous period during which President Jacob Zuma occupied the Union Buildings is the fact that it... →
Decisive shift in energy debate
By: Terence Creamer 23rd March 2018 South Africans should be in no doubt that the content and tone of the conversation about electricity has shifted decisively, notwithstanding the... →
Is there a plan?
By: Terence Creamer 16th March 2018 The change to South Africa’s electricity balance over the past few years has been well documented. Nevertheless it is still quite remarkable. The... →
Radebe’s inbox
By: Terence Creamer 9th March 2018 Having initially exercised some restraint in his retention of Dipuo Peters as Energy Minister from May 2009 to July 2013, former President Jacob... →
Reality bites
By: Terence Creamer 2nd March 2018 Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention. However, in the case of South Africa’s embattled State-owned companies (SOCs), necessity is... →
Pace of policy dance must now quicken
By: Terence Creamer 23rd February 2018 South Africans have become more than accustomed to the slow-slow-quick-quick-slow steps of the national political dance. However, if there is to be... →
Good money after bad?
By: Terence Creamer 16th February 2018 It seems an eternity since there has been anything to be excited about when it comes to South Africa’s most important, and most embattled,... →
Disrupting mindsets
By: Terence Creamer 9th February 2018 The main disruption in the global energy milieu over the past five years has been a “disruption in the mindset,” Engie CEO Isabelle Kocher asserted... →
It’s déjà vu all over again
By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2018 For those of us in the media, Eskom is the gift that keeps on giving. For ten years, hardly a week has gone by without the embattled power utility... →
Surgery not a Band-Aid
By: Terence Creamer 26th January 2018 Eskom’s debt refinancing is undoubtedly a critical burning platform. The clock is most definitely ticking and the consequences of not closing the... →
