Real Economy
Bad idea
By: Terence Creamer 14th April 2023 Given the depth of the electricity crisis and the lack of trust surrounding Eskom and government’s response – a deficit that has arguably been... →
Walk and chew gum
By: Terence Creamer 7th April 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa may have been making a nuanced point when indicating that his immediate priority was on improving... →
Co-created solutions
By: Terence Creamer 31st March 2023 Even though South Africa’s just energy transition has not really started, there is already significant cynicism and even resistance. This is to be... →
As clear as mud
By: Terence Creamer 24th March 2023 The messages around the future governance of South Africa’s large and seriously underperforming State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) are incredibly... →
Staying in his lane?
By: Terence Creamer 17th March 2023 By embracing the ‘project manager’ moniker, Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has moved to sidestep any immediate conflict with... →
Right to be paranoid
By: Terence Creamer 10th March 2023 Some of the reactions to the regulations that were belatedly published to give effect to the state of disaster declared to tackle South Africa’s... →
No way back
By: Terence Creamer 3rd March 2023 The explosive eNCA interview with André de Ruyter truly rammed home what most people, besides those with their noses in the looting trough, already... →
Wake-up call
By: Terence Creamer 24th February 2023 The European Union’s (EU’s) decision to proceed with the implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) has serious implications for... →
Distracting narratives
By: Terence Creamer 17th February 2023 With a few notable exceptions, the Members of Parliament who participated in the recent Eskom briefing on the immediate outlook for loadshedding... →
Trust deficit
By: Terence Creamer 10th February 2023 While the plan for tackling South Africa’s long-running power crisis has broadly taken shape, well-founded concerns persist. Many of these... →
