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The handover of the G20 presidency to the United States will occur on Tuesday at the Department of International Relations offices. (GCIS)

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

WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and President Cyril Ramaphosa. (X)

‘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…

The G20 leaders summit was held in South Africa last week. (GCIS)

‘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,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

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…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

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

Up to one in five people can get long COVID — a condition in which someone keeps on feeling ill for months after their initial symptoms have cleared up. (Paul Botes)

No Covid-19 apocalypse in Africa, as WHO expects a steep drop in fatalities

Countries on the continent responded effectively to the virus despite the dire predictions of some in the West

President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo/Ruvan Boshoff, Reuters

Ramaphosa says ‘vaccine apartheid’ means Africa and the Caribbean must work together

At the inaugural AU-Caribbean Community summit, leaders called for greater solidarity to prevent global exclusion

The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters . (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

SA delegates to quarantine in Glasgow amid calls for COP26 postponement

Eligible COP26 attendees are expected to receive their UK-sponsored Covid-19 jabs this week, but the Climate Action Network says it is too late

Africa’s particular logistical challenges require inventive solutions for keeping vaccines cold while not relying on the electricity grid

Inventive cold chain solutions for Africa

Africa’s particular logistical challenges require inventive solutions for keeping vaccines cold while not relying on the electricity grid

Targeting the vulnerable: A healthcare worker rests in the hall where people 60 years and old are getting vaccinated with Pfizer vaccines, at Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston. The developing world won’t reach herd immunity any time soon. (Photo: Michele Spatari/AFP)

Covid-19: Vaccinate, but don’t stop testing

Testing and isolating the infected are still the most effective response to the pandemic

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine

Another Covid crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all

The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come