Real Economy
South Africa’s most disturbing problem 
By: Terence Creamer 27th May 2011 South Africa successful municipal elections last week provided yet more evidence that, when this country applies its mind, time and energy to an... →
Globalisation: is it only just beginning?
By: Terence Creamer 20th May 2011 I was struck recently by some insight offered by BHP Billiton chairperson Jacques Nasser regarding the state of globalisation and its probable... →
Renewables Ructions
By: Terence Creamer 13th May 2011 At first glance, 2011 looked set to be a milestone year for the deployment of renewable energy in South Africa. First, the intensive process to... →
Green (job) shoots
By: Terence Creamer 6th May 2011 With South Africa’s newest industrial policy action plan (Ipap) series paying priority attention to the issue of green industries, contemporary... →
South Africa requires a new energy spark
By: Terence Creamer 29th April 2011 A striking aspect of President Barack Obama's proposed energy blueprint (a document, which like everything else in the US, is being strongly... →
BRICS gets political
By: Terence Creamer 22nd April 2011 It would have been fascinating to see the expression on Jim O'Neill’s face had he attended a briefing in Johannesburg ahead of the recent BRICS... →
Confidence key to liberating record cash hoarding by firms
By: Terence Creamer 15th April 2011 News that South Africa’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to a 13-month high in March is hopefully an early signal that real confidence is... →
Rational dialogue needed on power rationing threat
By: Terence Creamer 8th April 2011 Last week, there was a newspaper article quoting Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene as saying that electricity “rationing” was inevitable. The... →
Renewable frustration
By: Terence Creamer 1st April 2011 The slow pace of progress in South Africa’s electricity industry is both frustrating and ironic. The prevailing shortage of power has emerged as... →
Holier than COP?
By: Terence Creamer 25th March 2011 The South African government is entirely correct to apply its mind to the issue of pricing carbon. While debates continue to rage in the media... →
