Proven actions can break the cycle, say experts South Africa is not treating its G20 presidency as ceremonial. It is using the platform to make an argument that reaches far beyond aid, health or moral appeal: inequality is not a social crisis to be managed, but a structural global risk that determines who survives the […]
G20 Health Ministers and international organisations meeting in Polokwane, South Africa, are focusing their attention on an urgent shared threat to public health: inequalities. Delegates from across the word have highlighted how entrenched gaps in wealth, income and access to basic services within and between countries are undermining governments’ collective capacity to protect everyone’s health. […]
The Mail & Guardian will host the launch of a new report that will show how inequality gaps within and between countries impact pandemics and vulnerability to a new pandemic. The launch is coming at a time of growing concern that governance, economic and social crises are undermining global health security. The report by the […]
The JET must be deep: redistributive, participatory and youth-led
Digital platforms are vital to combat youth unemployment in South Africa, addressing systemic barriers and fostering economic growth
South Africa can link its national interests together with those of African Union and the AU Youth Charter to deliver the UN sustainable development goals
Advancing climate and sustainability action will require that all arms, spheres and levels of government lead an integrated and interdependent response to climate change
The president said the government would never go ‘on bended knee’ to get the best deal in ongoing trade discussions with the United States
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the uncertainty of the new trading regime had already harmed the country’s economy
The panel, chaired by Nobel prize-winner economist Joseph Stiglitz, will produce recommendations to help bridge the rich-poor divide
For the first time in 14 years, the G20 youth engagement group (Y20) closed its summit last week without issuing a communiqué — the set of recommendations that usually feeds into a declaration by world leaders at their annual summit, this year being hosted in Johannesburg in November. In June, the Y20 submitted a communique […]
Edward Kieswetter says taxpayers’ willingness to comply has been eroded by poor governance
Experts say gender inclusion is key to a sustainable energy shift in emerging economies. As part of South Africa’s G20 discussions ahead of the leaders’ summit in November, Oxfam South Africa — in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Think Tank 20 — hosted a Women’s Month event in Johannesburg focused […]
The G20 Summit in South Africa presents an opportunity to protect the integrity of information on global climate issues
The city faces grant cuts unless a credible recovery plan is submitted, as tensions grow in the governing coalition
The Think Tank 20 group submitted its policy recommendations to representatives of G20 leaders halfway into South Africa’s presidency
The United States’ tensions with South Africa requires an African Union response to ensure the continent’s involvement when the G20 decides the economic rules
The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, which meets on 9 and 10 July, needs to secure binding commitments to building resilient economies, societies and natural systems
Limpopo’s Dr MJ Madiba Secondary School alumni have launched #50ToFifty to raise R20 000 for school infrastructure
The country is officially the most educated in the world, and its economy has benefited greatly from this
Open-source models and falling costs have democratised access, with actors such as DeepSeek proving foundational AI is no longer exclusive to Big Tech
Hunger, exclusion from education and Africa’s debt is more than policy failure, inequality and poor planning, it is the theft of dignity, potential and oppression
Misleading marketing allows companies such as Astron Energy, BP, Engen, Sasol, Shell and TotalEnergies to avoid taking measures to address the climate crisis
The G20, and countries like South Africa, must work out practical safeguards, framed by ethical responsibility and democratic values to regulate AI
But he secured tentative trade talks as negotiations with officials on a pact between South Africa and the US were set to continue
The presidency believes the US president knows his invective against South Africa is devoid of truth
It must champion a new global compact on critical minerals, one that prioritizes beneficiation, environmental protection, fair labour and development justice.
The foreign minister reiterated that the US president’s offer of refugee status for Afrikaners was not made within the international definition of asylum
The Ukrainian president cut short a trip to South Africa after Russian drone and missile strikes which killed at least eight people and injured about 80
There is nothing more disempowering than participation without influence. And there is nothing more dangerous than a generation that feels ignored.
The former deputy finance minister has to salvage ties with Washington amid a diplomatic deep freeze and global trade war
At a time of global uncertainty and deepening polarisation, South Africa is offering something rare: the courage to lead without dominating, and the ability to unite without demanding uniformity. As the country prepares to host the G20 Summit in November 2025, under the theme “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability”, South Africa is not only stepping into the […]