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		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; The PIC&#8217;s governance crisis is self-inflicted – and the fix is well known</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-pics-governance-crisis-is-self-inflicted-and-the-fix-is-well-known/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A court last week ruled that the PIC board had no authority to suspend its CEO, exposing the fundamental governance&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-pics-governance-crisis-is-self-inflicted-and-the-fix-is-well-known/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[A court last week ruled that the PIC board had no authority to suspend its CEO, exposing the fundamental governance&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-pics-governance-crisis-is-self-inflicted-and-the-fix-is-well-known/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; The ITSO debate is over. It is time for implementation</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-itso-debate-is-over-it-is-time-for-implementation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Ramaphosa&#8217;s endorsement of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team&#8217;s Phase 1 report provides the clearest vision yet for the independent&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-itso-debate-is-over-it-is-time-for-implementation/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Ramaphosa&#8217;s endorsement of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team&#8217;s Phase 1 report provides the clearest vision yet for the independent&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-itso-debate-is-over-it-is-time-for-implementation/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter -We cannot afford reform complacency</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-we-cannot-afford-reform-complacency/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The BLSA Reform Tracker&#8217;s quarterly update shows real progress in Home Affairs and public services – but concerning reversals on&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-we-cannot-afford-reform-complacency/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The BLSA Reform Tracker&#8217;s quarterly update shows real progress in Home Affairs and public services – but concerning reversals on&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-we-cannot-afford-reform-complacency/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Resilience is paying off. Now let’s build more of it.</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-resilience-is-paying-off-now-lets-build-more-of-it/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[South Africa has spent a painful period building macroeconomic buffers
These buffers have been proving their worth during the Iran&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-resilience-is-paying-off-now-lets-build-more-of-it/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[South Africa has spent a painful period building macroeconomic buffers
These buffers have been proving their worth during the Iran&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-resilience-is-paying-off-now-lets-build-more-of-it/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>BLSA CEO&#8217;s Weekly Newsletter  &#8211; Local government&#8217;s day of reckoning has arrived</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceo-newsletter-for-13-july-2026-local-governments-day-of-reckoning-has-arrived/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[National Treasury&#8217;s withholding of equitable share transfers from 69 municipalities follows more than a decade of ignored auditor-general warnings on&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceo-newsletter-for-13-july-2026-local-governments-day-of-reckoning-has-arrived/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[National Treasury&#8217;s withholding of equitable share transfers from 69 municipalities follows more than a decade of ignored auditor-general warnings on&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceo-newsletter-for-13-july-2026-local-governments-day-of-reckoning-has-arrived/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9565</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>BLSA CEO Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Good governance means implementing settled policy</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceo-weekly-newsletter-good-governance-means-implementing-settled-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati last week accused BLSA of seeking political interference in Eskom&#8217;s transmission restructuring, and suggested our&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceo-weekly-newsletter-good-governance-means-implementing-settled-policy/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati last week accused BLSA of seeking political interference in Eskom&#8217;s transmission restructuring, and suggested our&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceo-weekly-newsletter-good-governance-means-implementing-settled-policy/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>BLSA’s CEO Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Johannesburg is not poor. It is badly managed. That must change.</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsas-ceo-weekly-newsletter-johannesburg-is-not-poor-it-is-badly-managed-that-must-change/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week the BLSA Council considered research on the state of Johannesburg. The findings were stark: a decade of political&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsas-ceo-weekly-newsletter-johannesburg-is-not-poor-it-is-badly-managed-that-must-change/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week the BLSA Council considered research on the state of Johannesburg. The findings were stark: a decade of political&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsas-ceo-weekly-newsletter-johannesburg-is-not-poor-it-is-badly-managed-that-must-change/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9542</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter Johannesburg&#8217;s Eskom debt crisis is critical to the future of both Eskom and the City</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-johannesburgs-eskom-debt-crisis-is-critical-to-the-future-of-both-eskom-and-the-city/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg&#8217;s R5.3bn Eskom debt crisis intensified after missing a payment deadline, with Eskom resuming legal proceedings that could ultimately mean&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-johannesburgs-eskom-debt-crisis-is-critical-to-the-future-of-both-eskom-and-the-city/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Johannesburg&#8217;s R5.3bn Eskom debt crisis intensified after missing a payment deadline, with Eskom resuming legal proceedings that could ultimately mean&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-johannesburgs-eskom-debt-crisis-is-critical-to-the-future-of-both-eskom-and-the-city/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>OP-ED &#8211; Madlanga and the age of impunity</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/op-ed-madlanga-and-the-age-of-impunity/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[*As first published by Business Day on 8 June 2026
On 1 June, the Madlanga Commission – the Judicial Commission&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/op-ed-madlanga-and-the-age-of-impunity/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[*As first published by Business Day on 8 June 2026
On 1 June, the Madlanga Commission – the Judicial Commission&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/op-ed-madlanga-and-the-age-of-impunity/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9506</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Three good news signals, one unfinished task: unlocking investment</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-three-good-news-signals-one-unfinished-task-unlocking-investment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three signals last week – Fitch&#8217;s first upgrade in 20 years, Durban named world&#8217;s most improved port, and better than&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-three-good-news-signals-one-unfinished-task-unlocking-investment/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three signals last week – Fitch&#8217;s first upgrade in 20 years, Durban named world&#8217;s most improved port, and better than&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-three-good-news-signals-one-unfinished-task-unlocking-investment/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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