Risk Alert | Terrorism in Africa: is SA under threat?
24 August 2020 - In this week’s client Risk Alert, Dr Frans Cronje and Bheki Mahlobo discuss the growing threat of Salafi-jihadisim in Sub-Saharan Africa. Risk Alert | Terrorism in Africa: is SA under threat?
Risk Alert | Has SA really passed its Covid-19 peak?
17 August 2020 - In this week’s client Risk Alert, Dr Frans Cronje and Bheki Mahlobo discuss a new trend in South Africa’s Covid-19 data: sharply decreasing testing numbers. Risk Alert | Has SA really passed its Covid-19 peak?
Risk Alert | Will Tito Mboweni deliver another Budget speech?
10 August 2020 - In this week's Risk Alert, Dr Frans Cronje discusses rumours of the departure of South Africa’s finance minister, Tito Mboweni. Risk Alert | Will Tito Mboweni deliver another Budget speech?
Risk Alert | Has SA reached its Covid-19 peak?
This week, Dr Frans Cronje argues that Covid-19 infections have already peaked in South Africa, which could herald rapid economic and social reopening into the spring. Risk Alert | Has SA reached its Covid-19 peak?
Risk Alert | Can IMF funding lead to policy reform?
27 July 2020 − This week, Dr Frans Cronje discusses the policy and ideological significance of soon-to-be-announced IMF funding for South Africa in the midst of the country’s growing fiscal crisis and governance failures. Risk Alert | Can IMF funding lead to policy reform?
Risk Alert | SA jobs bloodbath and four risks for the global economy
20 July 2020 - This week, Dr Frans Cronje discusses the results of a recent survey which revealed that an estimated 3 million jobs may have been lost as a consequence of the lockdown. Risk Alert | SA jobs bloodbath and four risks for the global economy