Global North

The rise of darkness indeed splits the world … It divides us into those who believe in humanity and those who feel entitled to do whatever they want

The 99% are done waiting. Billionaire fortunes hit a record high and the G20’s effort on inequality has been deleted

The world is moving from borrowing African aesthetics to embracing African authority

President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that all G20 members except the US had signed the declaration

The absence of US President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin puts the spotlight squarely on President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa

Advancing climate and sustainability action will require that all arms, spheres and levels of government lead an integrated and interdependent response to climate change

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…

The Y20 summit revealed disparities in youth-driven calls for climate justice, inclusive growth and sovereignty between the Global South and North

Business interests and intellectual property laws privilege the wealthy and leave the rest scrabbling for life-saving medicine

Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants

African societies are organised around the requirements of duty, while Western societies are organised around individual rights

Locally-driven global health solutions work best and decisions need to be taken as close as possible to the people affected by the health problems

To force a climate breakthrough, leaders must listen to and promote the stories of young people

Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.

Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone