Risk Alerts

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

The GNU holds — just

06/29/2025

30 June 2025 — Why didn’t the DA leave the GNU? Are we seeing the first signs of BEE policy changes? What does the US want SA to do to improve bilateral relations? What risks keep consumers, businesses and insurance brokers up at night?

The GNU holds — just

ANC bounces back, EFF crashes

06/22/2025

23 June 2025 — What does the latest polling say about support for the largest political parties? Where will Floyd Shivambu go after leaving the MKP? Why is Toyota South Africa’s insurance company suing SA government entities? What’s the outlook for SA’s manufacturing sector? What’s next after the US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?

ANC bounces back, EFF crashes

The ANC’s squib game

06/16/2025

17 June 2025 — Will the National Dialogue prove to be just another talk shop? Can the Bomb Squad fix Joburg? Will South Africa be removed from the greylist in October? Why did Israel strike Iran? How is China working to replace AGOA?

The ANC’s squib game

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.

Working with multiple tabs open does make it easier to navigate around.

HTML for Audio Player (Replace bits in bold)

<audio controls style="width: 100%;">
<source src="/risk-alert/[short name of item]/[file name.mp3]/@@download/file/[file name.mp3]" type="audio/mpeg"></source>
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>