Risk Alerts

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

ANC renewal? Dololo

12/14/2025

15 December 2025 – What does the ANC’s NGC meeting tell us about the state of the party? Where does the ANC go from here? What do ordinary South Africans think about racial classification and race-based laws? Will Minister Malatsi bring Starlink to SA or will the ANC manage to stop him? Why is a US senator referring to South Africa as an “enemy”? What does the new US National Security Strategy mean for the world – and for South Africa?

GDP ticks up again…

12/07/2025

8 December 2025 – Can South Africa maintain its recent growth momentum? How confident are small businesses about their future? Is the era of rail monopoly at an end? Why can’t the ANC pay its employees’ salaries? Why did the US invite Poland to be a part of the G20?

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?

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>