Real Economy
Eurozone risks
By: Terence Creamer 14th October 2011 The two key threats for South Africa should the current eurozone crisis transmission into a Lehman Brothers-type event would be a marked increase... →
Missed Opportunity?
By: Terence Creamer 7th October 2011 Pan-African Investment and Research Services (PAIRS) economist Dr Iraj Abedian argued last week that the monetary authorities needed an entirely... →
Growth constraint
By: Terence Creamer 30th September 2011 For years, South African politicians have been playing lip service to the important role that infrastructure delivery can play in laying the... →
New Energy
By: Terence Creamer 23rd September 2011 I should confess upfront that the decision by government to abandon the renewable energy feed-in tariffs, or Refit, in favour of a competitive... →
No Consensus
By: Terence Creamer 16th September 2011 A few weeks ago, I argued in this column that South Africans should sit up and pay close attention to events taking place in Tottenham, Athens and... →
Positive departure
By: Terence Creamer 9th September 2011 The fact that the Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) has decided to lay down a marker on future power prices well ahead of the next round of tariff... →
Muddled messages 
By: Terence Creamer 2nd September 2011 It goes without saying that it is not easy to get everyone in an organisation to sing from the same hymn sheet. Regardless of the issue, opinions... →
High stakes
By: Terence Creamer 26th August 2011 Judge Raymond Zondo of the North Gauteng High Court made it painfully clear last week that he was all too aware of the stakes, as he began... →
Ticking time bomb
By: Terence Creamer 19th August 2011 The recent riots in parts of London were immediately dismissed as the workings of “opportunistic criminals” and “thugs”, which, no doubt, is partly... →
New impetus, or bottleneck?
By: Terence Creamer 12th August 2011 It has emerged that South African President Jacob Zuma will personally head a new ‘Infrastructure Commission’, which will be set up to improve... →
