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What youth leadership looks like in practice
The third annual Connect Youth in Dialogue Summit in Johannesburg shifted the conversation from youth participation to implementation, focusing on accountability and action.…
Mine communities group launches campaign against Anglo over plight of former workers
The Mining Affected Communities United in Action says the mining giant must ‘take full responsibility for unpaid debts and abandoned communities’
G20 presidency handover to the US set for Tuesday, Dirco director general Zane Dangor says
Dangor said the US argument that if one G20 member was absent from the leaders summit, then there could be no consensus, had been voted down
‘World not doing tit for tat with US,’ WTO head says at G20 summit
Director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said South Africa’s G20 presidency highlighted the importance of trade within WTO rules and reforming the system through local mineral…
‘G20 declaration future-proofed, despite US non-participation’, says South Africa’s presidency
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said countries understood ‘that there’s a bilateral issue between South Africa and the US, but that must not, in any shape or form,…
Ramaphosa: G20 leaders summit reaches consensus on adopting a declaration
In an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s absence, Ramaphosa warned against allowing ‘anything to diminish the value, the stature or the impact of the first African…
Ramaphosa links debt reform to global inequality fight
In his weekly newsletter, the president said the G20 must urgently address the fiscal conditions that have left low- and middle-income countries unable to build resilience or…
Ramaphosa launches G20 panel to address extreme global inequality
The panel, chaired by Nobel prize-winner economist Joseph Stiglitz, will produce recommendations to help bridge the rich-poor divide
EFF removes provincial leaders from deployment for violating pre-conference rules
Backers of Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are removed from deployment before the party’s elective conference
Withdrawing SRD grant could save R36bn, but economists say it is here to stay
The grant budget is to be cut by R20 billion but it is unclear how the numbers will add up
Pravin Gordhan set the benchmark for public service and dedication to the cause
Not everyone liked the late former public enterprises minister, but everyone respected him