Real Economy
Surfing a mega trend
By: Terence Creamer 5th August 2011 South Africa’s winter news flow has not been encouraging. We have had protracted and sometimes violent strike action. Poor management around the... →
Building ‘Factory Southern Africa’
By: Terence Creamer 29th July 2011 The political statements and government policies in favour of further industrialisation have arguably not been as supportive for many a decade.... →
Platform for a new social consensus?
By: Terence Creamer 22nd July 2011 National Planning Commission (NPC) deputy chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa has attempted to draw parallels between South Africa’s successful... →
Economic freedom: from slogans to analysis
By: Terence Creamer 15th July 2011 In a recent presentation on the latest ‘African Economic Outlook’ report, African Development Bank chief economist Professor Mthuli Ncube displayed... →
Taxing Dilemma
By: Terence Creamer 8th July 2011 National Treasury is planning to finalise its thinking on the possible imposition of a carbon tax later this year. It has requested input from... →
ANC leaders look impotent amid destructive nationalisation rhetoric 
By: Terence Creamer 1st July 2011 Many South Africans probably breathed a slight sigh of relief last week when two key business organisations indicated that they were ready to... →
Binding Constraint
By: Terence Creamer 24th June 2011 In a recent address to the Cambridge Sustainability Leadership Programme Alumni Reunion, held in London, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser warned... →
Missing Ingredients
By: Terence Creamer 17th June 2011 It is unsurprising, yet still concerning, to learn that Southern Africa is not only lagging the rest of the world in its intraregional trade... →
Smoothing delivery
By: Terence Creamer 10th June 2011 It was interesting to learn that South Africa’s National Treasury has moved ahead with the establishment a ‘Capital Projects Unit’ to evaluate... →
Fretting over fracking
By: Terence Creamer 3rd June 2011 There is no question that the debate about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is intensifying – not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of... →
