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HIGH-WIRE ACT
28th June 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
PORT PRESSURES
PORT PRESSURES
21st June 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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COALITION ANGST
14th June 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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TARIFF THREAT
7th June 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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AFTER THE STORM
31st May 2024 By: Darlene Creamer


DEVASTATING: The deadly collapse of a building in George while under construction is simply devastating for the families of the workers who perished. It has also raised a number of questions about the state – including the state of safety – of South Africa’s building and construction industry. The industry today is almost unrecognisable from what it was before so many of the country’s listed building majors either closed due to financial distress or exited the sector.
DEVASTATING
24th May 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
THE OTHER POLL
THE OTHER POLL
17th May 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
HEAT IS ON
HEAT IS ON
10th May 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
COALITION MATHS: With the polls suggesting that the African National Congress is unlikely to secure an outright majority in this year’s election, much attention is being given to coalition politics. While this is arguably an inevitable outcome of our proportional-representation system, many voters are rightfully concerned, given the poor performance of many municipal coalitions.
COALITION MATHS
3rd May 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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STILL FLYING
26th April 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
The storms that lashed the Cape earlier this month caused devastating damage, with many still picking up the pieces. One can only hope that the coming election storm is far more benign, but some of the pre-election rhetoric is cause for concern, while some pre-election coalition pacts seem to be facing real headwinds.
STORM WARNING:
19th April 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
UNDERWHELMED: While voters will receive three quite different looking ballots on May 29, this seeming increase in choice is not necessarily translating into greater excitement. Yes, some independents will feature for the first time and, yes, there are some interesting new parties. But with some form of coalition likely, voter enthusiasm has been dampened by the poor performance of such arrangements at the municipal level. Before treating the day as a day off, however, South Africans would do well to remember the sacrifices made to ensure that all adult citizens have the right to vote.
UNDERWHELMED
12th April 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
SHOCKING: As expected, stakeholder responses to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s gas-heavy Integrated Resource Plan 2023 has been far from complementary. While still a draft, some commentators believe it should simply be recalled, given its outlandish assumptions, lack of transparency and utter failure to craft a credible response to ongoing loadshedding.
SHOCKING
5th April 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
WATER WORRIES: Gauteng’s three metropolitan councils are now failing regularly to ensure that their residents and businesses have a constant supply of water. The massive outages in March brought to the fore not only the poor state of the province’s water infrastructure, which is prone to leaks, but also worrying capacity problems at Rand Water, both physical and human – epitomised for many by that notorious “closed valve” that prevented vital water flows for days on end.
WATER WORRIES
29th March 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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EXTREME PRESSURE
22nd March 2024 By: Darlene Creamer


GAS CLIFF: Warnings of a gas day zero in 2026 are alarming, but not new. There has, however, been very little progress on possible remedies. Disputes over gas pricing have arguably made cooperation difficult, but that is what is desperately needed. All eyes are now on the government-led task team set up to develop a joint strategy and whether that strategy will be sufficient to ensure a so-called seamless transition to non-Sasol gas.
GAS CLIFF
15th March 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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LOADSHEDDING GRIEF
8th March 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
OWN GOALS: The 2024 Budget has, once again, highlighted what happens when government scores one own goal after another. True, there have been some disruptive external shocks, most recently the Covid lockdowns and the energy shock associated with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, far too many of the current fiscal problems stem from doing the wrong thing consistently over a long period of time. Turning the crisis around requires more than the penalty-saving heroics of our Bafana Bafana keeper.
OWN GOALS
1st March 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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HANGING ON
23rd February 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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BUDGETARY MAZE
16th February 2024 By: Darlene Creamer
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