Risk Alerts

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

Running on fumes

03/29/2026

30 March 2026 — Fuel rationing has started at some petrol stations — and farmers have two weeks of diesel or less. The Reserve Bank has scrapped rate cuts. In the worst-case inflation scenario, several hikes are coming. The auditor-general has flagged problems in 89% of government infrastructure projects — yet the president wants to ramp up spending. Washington has launched a trade investigation that could result in tariffs on SA’s mining and agricultural exports. A cyberattack just exposed the AI tools your business may already be using.

ANC pulls further ahead of the DA…

03/22/2026

23 March 2026 — Where does the latest polling place political parties? What impact will rising fuel prices have on logistics? How might they affect inflation and interest rates? How should President Ramaphosa’s latest remarks on growth and investment be interpreted? What does the lower gold price mean for markets and the fiscus?

More than just oil

03/15/2026

16 March 2026 — What’s the impact of the war in the Middle East beyond just oil? What do you need to know about SA’s economic growth numbers? Who has the power to change the VAT rate? What lies behind the latest spat between the US and SA? What did the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, tell President Cyril Ramaphosa during his visit? Will “sending in the army” to fight crime work this time around?

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>
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</audio>