Balancing on a Tightrope: Insights from The Resolve Quarterly, Q3 2025

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The third quarter of 2025 finds South Africa — and the world — walking a tightrope between resilience and risk. At home, the Government of National Unity has survived and continues to anchor investor confidence despite policy rifts. Abroad, unresolved trade talks with the US, Trump’s tariff escalations, and wider geopolitical volatility—from the Middle East to Ukraine—are reshaping the global economic environment.

This edition of The Resolve Quarterly, our flagship publication, provides sharp analysis and strategic insight into these shifting dynamics. We examine South Africa’s fragile but improving economic fundamentals, the political compromises underpinning the GNU, and the evolving demands of leadership and communication in an era where attention is the world’s scarcest commodity.

From the structural challenges constraining growth and the prospects for state-owned enterprise reform, to lessons from the “viral theory of attention” in US politics, this issue equips leaders and businesses to navigate uncertainty and convert risk into opportunity.

In This Edition:

• Chairman’s Insight
• CEO’s Perspective
• Economic Landscape
• Political Dynamics
• Silence is No Longer Golden
• The Viral Theory of Attention Causes New York Political Earthquake
• Trade Crisis? Pretoria Still Finding a Pen
• Fight or Flounder: How Our Government’s Response to a Crisis Is Just Not Good Enough
• Regulated to Stagnation – South Africa’s Economic Story
• On CEOs’ Media Storms and Business Value
• South Africa’s Climate Clampdown: Necessary or Self-Defeating?
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