Risk Alerts

A list of items on the site. This page is only visible to Editors.

Government announces BEE review

11/30/2025

1 December 2025 – What should be read into the government’s decision to review BEE? Why is South Africa’s economy expected to crawl in a region where others are sprinting? How will a proposed new business licensing law affect SA’s growth prospects? How low can the US-South African relationship go? If AGOA comes back, why will SA potentially be excluded? What do the US want from SA?

Buffalo to remain in place until 2027

11/23/2025

24 November 2025 – Will President Ramaphosa resign before 2027? Who do ANC supporters want to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa? What did Vice Admiral Monde Lobese say about South Africa’s maritime security capabilities? Why did President Trump decide to lift some reciprocal tariffs? Is South Africa at risk of higher inflation in 2026?

The fly in the MTBPS ointment

11/16/2025

17 November 2025 – What does the MTBPS tell us about SA’s growth prospects? What does the new 3% inflation target mean for consumers? How did markets react to the MTBPS? Why did S&P upgrade SA’s credit rating? What drove the unemployment rate drop in Q3? What can SA get out of the G20 summit?

How to add a Risk Alert

1. Navigate to the Risk Alert section
2. Add a new News Item from the menu on the left
3. In the news item
• Use the first section's title as the name of the Risk Alert
• Add a Description block. The description should be prefixed with the date.
• Add an Introduction block with the the following text: "Welcome to the weekly Risk Alert from the Centre for Risk Analysis — [Date]"
• Add an HTML block
4. Paste the rest of the Risk Alert in the block under the HTML block. Each paragraph in the document you paste from will create a new text block.
5. Highlight each header and change those to a subtitle (lower case 'h' icon)
6. Save the item
7. From the Risk Alert you are in add a new File. Select the mp3 you want to add, and save.
• Copy the short name of the file (xxx.mp3)
8. Go back to the Risk Alert and edit.
9. In the HTML block under description, add the audio tag html content (shown below).
• Replace the code as indicated.
10. On the right side options, be sure to add the Preview image. [Click here to save image]
11. Save the item
12. Publish the item when you're ready.

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HTML for Audio Player (Replace bits in bold)

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<source src="/risk-alert/[short name of item]/[file name.mp3]/@@download/file/[file name.mp3]" type="audio/mpeg"></source>
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</audio>