<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Thought Leadership Archive - BLSA</title>
	<atom:link href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:58:40 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-ZA</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.10</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://blsa.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/favicon.png</url>
	<title>Thought Leadership Archive - BLSA</title>
	<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
	<item>
		<title>BLSA’s CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; The grid cannot wait – government must set a firm timetable for private transmission</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsas-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-grid-cannot-wait-government-must-set-a-firm-timetable-for-private-transmission/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9731</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The delay to the independent transmission projects programme is an unfortunate slippage, but it is better than rushing to market&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsas-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-grid-cannot-wait-government-must-set-a-firm-timetable-for-private-transmission/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The delay to the independent transmission projects programme is an unfortunate slippage, but it is better than rushing to market&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsas-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-grid-cannot-wait-government-must-set-a-firm-timetable-for-private-transmission/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9731</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Private skills can get public infrastructure moving</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-private-skills-can-get-public-infrastructure-moving/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9726</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[• Investment fell to 13.6% of GDP in the second quarter, its weakest level in five years and far below&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-private-skills-can-get-public-infrastructure-moving/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[• Investment fell to 13.6% of GDP in the second quarter, its weakest level in five years and far below&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-private-skills-can-get-public-infrastructure-moving/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9726</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Keeping South Africa’s reform and policy commitments on track</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-keeping-south-africas-reform-and-policy-commitments-on-track/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9712</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Minister Ramokgopa&#8217;s Eskom 2.0 expectations and Mteto Nyati&#8217;s reappointment give the board a clear mandate to prepare Eskom for a&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-keeping-south-africas-reform-and-policy-commitments-on-track/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Minister Ramokgopa&#8217;s Eskom 2.0 expectations and Mteto Nyati&#8217;s reappointment give the board a clear mandate to prepare Eskom for a&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-keeping-south-africas-reform-and-policy-commitments-on-track/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9712</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; From cadre deployment to accountability: professionalising the civil service</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-from-cadre-deployment-to-accountability-professionalising-the-civil-service/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9700</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The signing of the Public Service Commission Act into law last week, alongside the Public Service Amendment Act and the&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-from-cadre-deployment-to-accountability-professionalising-the-civil-service/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The signing of the Public Service Commission Act into law last week, alongside the Public Service Amendment Act and the&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-from-cadre-deployment-to-accountability-professionalising-the-civil-service/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9700</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; GDP contraction is a reality check</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-gdp-contraction-is-a-reality-check/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9691</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[South Africa&#8217;s economy contracted 0.2% in Q2, with trade, manufacturing and mining all shrinking. The figures are a reminder that&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-gdp-contraction-is-a-reality-check/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[South Africa&#8217;s economy contracted 0.2% in Q2, with trade, manufacturing and mining all shrinking. The figures are a reminder that&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-gdp-contraction-is-a-reality-check/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9691</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Reform is moving faster than business confidence</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-reform-is-moving-faster-than-business-confidence/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9676</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Last week brought multiple positive reform signals, but business confidence fell to 38 in Q3, well below the 47 recorded&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-reform-is-moving-faster-than-business-confidence/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week brought multiple positive reform signals, but business confidence fell to 38 in Q3, well below the 47 recorded&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-reform-is-moving-faster-than-business-confidence/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9676</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Brazil deal exposes SA&#8217;s missing trade strategy</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-brazil-deal-exposes-sas-missing-trade-strategy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9635</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<strong> </strong>The partnership announcement was led by DIRCO, not DTIC, which suggests it is politics rather than economics that leads
South&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-brazil-deal-exposes-sas-missing-trade-strategy/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong> </strong>The partnership announcement was led by DIRCO, not DTIC, which suggests it is politics rather than economics that leads
South&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-brazil-deal-exposes-sas-missing-trade-strategy/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9635</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; The hard work starts now: 3%+ growth and a million+ jobs is the target</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-hard-work-starts-now-3-growth-and-a-million-jobs-is-the-target/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9632</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Last week, the next phase of the business-government partnership was launched, with over 30 CEOs committed to driving growth across&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-hard-work-starts-now-3-growth-and-a-million-jobs-is-the-target/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week, the next phase of the business-government partnership was launched, with over 30 CEOs committed to driving growth across&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-the-hard-work-starts-now-3-growth-and-a-million-jobs-is-the-target/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9632</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; Reform resisters are costing South Africa jobs and that must stop</title>
		<link>https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-reform-resisters-are-costing-south-africa-jobs-and-that-must-stop/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tumelo Muteme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9628</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Unemployment is worsening and we need to ensure that we are doing everything possible to turn around our economic performance.&#8230; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-reform-resisters-are-costing-south-africa-jobs-and-that-must-stop/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Unemployment is worsening and we need to ensure that we are doing everything possible to turn around our economic performance.&hellip; <a href="https://blsa.org.za/thought-leadership/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter-reform-resisters-are-costing-south-africa-jobs-and-that-must-stop/" class="read-more">continue reading </a>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9628</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<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>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blsa.org.za/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=9622</guid>

					<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>
					
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9622</post-id>	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
