Guides
New · Oil and gasAfter the refineries: how South Africa’s fuel business makes money going into 2027Imports over half of demand, two refineries running, gas supply falling away after 2028. The value chain, the players, how the money is made and the ten risks in brief.Phumi Mhlongo · 6 November 2026 · 14 min readSector Risk Perspective 2027
Eighteen guides across six industries. For each one: how the sector works and where the money sits, the ten strategic risks that belong on the 2027 register, and what the best-run organisations do about them.
- 6 industries
- 3 guides each
- Written by KeyDimension practitioners
- Updated for 2027
LandscapeHow the industry works in South Africa: value chain, where margin sits, who regulates what.
Risk registerThe ten risks that belong on the strategic register, rated and explained.
Best practiceWhat the best-run organisations do about each risk, and the questions a board should ask.
Oil and gas
Industry page ›>50%LandscapeAfter the refineries: how South Africa’s fuel business makes money going into 2027Import dependency, who earns what, and who regulates the chain.14 min read10Risk registerWhat South African fuel boards must have on the register before 2027Port supply, FX and slate, gas supply, licence conditions, carbon tax. Rated and sourced.16 min read21dBest practiceDays of cover, licences, gas: the controls that move the ratingThe control that moves the rating for each of the ten risks, and five questions for the board.15 min read
Healthcare and life sciences
Industry page ›Ward → claimLandscapeFrom ward to claim: where money and liability move in South African healthcareFunding flows, OHSC and HPCSA, and where a facility's exposure sits.Coming December10Risk registerThe risks that will decide healthcare budgets in 2027Patient safety, POPIA and health records, licensing, critical stock, key-person dependency.Coming DecemberOne registerBest practiceInspection-ready: how leading facilities run clinical and corporate risk as one registerWhat survives an OHSC inspection and an audit committee in the same quarter.Coming December
Public sector
Industry page ›PFMA · MFMALandscapeWhere the money goes: the value chain of a department, an entity and a municipalityBudget to expenditure to audit, and the risk function the Treasury Regulations require.Coming January10Risk registerTen risks that will drive audit findings in the 2026/27 cycleIrregular expenditure, supply chain, consequence management, records, ICT, unfunded mandates.Coming JanuaryClean auditBest practiceFrom finding to clean audit: what unqualified entities do differentlyThe controls and the evidence trail behind an unqualified opinion with no findings.Coming January
Manufacturing
Industry page ›Power · portsLandscapePower, ports and inputs: what drives margin in South African manufacturingEnergy cost, logistics, imported inputs and the regulators on the factory floor.Coming February10Risk registerThe risks that will stop South African production lines in 2027Energy, logistics, single-source inputs, OHS, environmental licences, cyber on the plant.Coming FebruaryUptimeBest practiceResilience on the floor: how the best plants manage supply, energy and safety riskWhat separates a plant that absorbs a shock from one that stops.Coming February
Infrastructure
Industry page ›Concession → commissioningLandscapeConcession to commissioning: how infrastructure projects make and lose moneyFunding structures, procurement, and where cost and time overruns originate.Coming March10Risk registerThe project risks that will matter in 2027Procurement, land and permits, contractor failure, community, funding, construction safety.Coming MarchOn recordBest practiceOn time, on budget, on record: what well-governed projects do from day oneGate reviews, the evidence trail, and the questions a project board must ask.Coming March
Education
Industry page ›Fees · NSFASLandscapeFees, subsidies and NSFAS: how a South African institution stays solventFunding mix, the councils and bodies that govern it, and where liquidity breaks.Coming April10Risk registerWhat councils and governing bodies must prepare for in 2027Funding, safeguarding, student data, accreditation, protest and continuity, key staff.Coming AprilSafeguardingBest practiceSafeguarding, data and continuity: what the best-run institutions have in placeControls that hold up to the Department, the CHE and the Information Regulator.Coming April
Risk management guides
What a risk assessment should tell your boardIt should show your biggest exposures, how well they are controlled and what to fix first.Why risk registers go staleA risk register goes stale when nobody owns the actions in it.ISO 31000 or COSO ERM?ISO 31000 sets out principles and a process. COSO ERM ties risk to strategy and performance. Many organisations draw on both.Writing a risk appetite statement people can useA risk appetite statement only works if it sets limits people can act on.