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Siphumelele Duma

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Siphumelele Duma

Dr Siphumelele Duma is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation.

Developing countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are angry about a new text released at COP29 on Friday, which says developed countries must pay $250 billion a year until 2035 for climate action
BRAZIL

South Africa’s G20 presidency: Frontload the climate change and ecological justice agenda

When the country takes over the presidency from Brazil in 2025, it should focus on reforming the global financial architecture

  • Siphumelele Duma
  • Abeer Abazeed
4 min read
Transnet is falling well below its target of shifting 200 million to 220 million tonnes of freight a year, at which point — it is estimated — it will begin to make a meaningful contribution to the economy. Its current target is 170 million tonnes a year. Photo: (Karel Prinsloo/Bloomberg)
AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

African Development Bank rescue of Transnet has national, regional and continental implications

This investment, used as a facilitator of local production, can also help develop regional value chains and access upstream global value chains

  • Siphumelele Duma
  • Mikatekiso Kubayi
5 min read
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Vladimir Putin. File photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
VLADIMIR PUTIN

Time is ticking for South Africa to mull whether to arrest Putin

Should the Russian president attend the Brics summit in the country, our government would be compelled to apprehend him

  • Siphumelele Duma
4 min read
Police were on full alert after the US embassy issued a warning that Sandton was a target for a terror attack. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

The US Embassy’s Sandton terror alert failed to meet the basic parameters of security threat assessment

While the US has every right to protect citizens and its embassies, it should do so with the cooperation of the host country

  • Siphumelele Duma
4 min read