Why the Upside Case for South Africa is Plausible by 2029
Frans Cronje writes on why the prospect of a 3% economic growth rate by 2029, with a stable government in Pretoria and much reduced protest levels, is as plausible as any other scenario for the country.
16.2.2026 |
Frans Cronje
Xi Backs Renminbi Reserve Bid as Dollar Questions Multiply
An article in a Chinese Communist Party journal confirms Renminbi internationalisation as official state policy – a quiet signal from Beijing that could reshape how money, trade, and power move across the world.
9.2.2026 |
Frans Cronje
Global Forecasters Retreat as Last Year’s Doom Gives Way to Resilience
After a year of warnings that Trump’s trade agenda would lock the world into low growth and stubborn inflation, global institutions are now lifting growth forecasts and cutting inflation calls as the feared shocks fail to materialise.
22.1.2026 |
Frans Cronje
The ANC’s Political Renewal Thinking Reveals a Party at Odds With Itself
Frans Cronje writes that, as in the case of the economic policy resolutions that emerged from the ANC’s National General Council meeting this week, the party’s resolutions on internal political renewal reveal an organisation beset with internal contradictions.
15.12.2025 |
Frans Cronje
ANC Economic Thinking Reveals a Party at War With its Own Mind
Frans Cronje writes that the economic narrative emerging from the 5th National General Council of the ANC is not one of clarity, but of unresolved tension, revealing a party at war with its own mind.
12.12.2025 |
Frans Cronje
How the Americans Will Lose South Africa and the Afrikaners
The Americans are going to lose South Africa, and they are going to lose the Afrikaners – to avoid that, they need to change their strategy towards the country.
30.11.2025 |
Frans Cronje
US Moves to Sanction ANC Figures, But Deal Talks Continue
The US is weighing sanctions on ANC leaders while trade talks with South Africa continue, highlighting tensions in bilateral relations.
19.9.2025 |
Frans Cronje
Mining Production Lifts in July - Stats SA
Mining production in South Africa rose 4.4% year-on-year in July 2025, with experts warning of persistent regulatory hurdles.
17.9.2025 |
Frans Cronje
Charlie Kirk Murdered in Utah
Conservative thinker Charlie Kirk has been shot and killed during a speech at Utah Valley University.
10.9.2025 |
Frans Cronje
Ramaphosa: SA Economic Relations With the US ‘Strong’
Answering questions in Parliament yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa described South Africa’s economic relations with the US as ‘strong’.
10.9.2025 |
Frans Cronje
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