Real Economy
Damage control mode 
By: Terence Creamer 23rd June 2017 There is now absolutely no question that the country’s toxic politics is dragging the economy down and that most, if not all, the pain is... →
Out of the ‘shadow State’
By: Terence Creamer 16th June 2017 The stomach-churning #GuptaLeaks revelations have demonstrated in dismaying detail just how far President Jacob Zuma and his allies have veered off... →
Shift in Emphasis
By: Terence Creamer 9th June 2017 A significant shift in emphasis from behaviour to structure appears to be at the heart of proposed changes to South Africa's Competition Act.... →
‘Hard Brexit’ fallout?
By: Terence Creamer 2nd June 2017 The narrative in South Africa about the possible implications of the UK leaving the European Union (EU) has focused mainly on the possible... →
Contested terrain
By: Terence Creamer 26th May 2017 So what precisely is radical economic transformation? The answer, in an era of factional African National Congress (ANC) politics, depends very... →
One to watch
By: Terence Creamer 19th May 2017 Government processes for setting the yearly Budget are well established and are held in high regard both domestically and internationally. On one... →
Toxic combination
By: Terence Creamer 12th May 2017 Two core attributes of South Africa during apartheid were State illegitimacy and political and social and intolerance. To recall just how... →
Downgrade dichotomy
By: Terence Creamer 5th May 2017 The dichotomy between the negative political and economic narrative in South Africa – precipitated by the March 30 Cabinet reshuffle and the... →
Missing ingredient
By: Terence Creamer 28th April 2017 Before compiling the National Development Plan (NDP), the drafters diagnosed South Africa’s socioeconomic predicament as follows: widespread... →
Economic crossroads
By: Terence Creamer 21st April 2017 Unless and until the pall of political uncertainty is lifted, it seems almost futile to debate the changes required to elevate levels of growth and... →
