The 2025 G20 Leaders’ Declaration is ambitious, wide-ranging and, in parts, impressively detailed. It tackles climate finance, illicit financial flows, digital infrastructure, food security, AI governance and debt...
Cyril Ramaphosa
Fixing local politics starts inside South Africa’s political parties
On 14 September, President Cyril Ramaphosa called called for greater accountability in local government. He emphasised the need for a stricter vetting process for ANC councillors and stronger performance management....
Corrupt public and private sector collaborators are taking us all down
Whenever I think of the rampant plundering of South Africa’s public resources, a childhood story comes to mind. When I grew up in Port Alfred, there was a Reverend Maguma who had a shop. On evenings and weekends, his...
Engaging Africa’s youth is a G20 priority
As South Africa prepares to host the G20 Summit for the first time, one of the top concerns is South Africa’s youth, a precarious cohort of the population that, with limited opportunities to strengthen their education...
SA politicians also weaponise migration
Headlines in recent weeks have been dominated by the meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump, after the US president granted asylum to white South African farmers. Framed by Trump as a response to...
The budget juggling act
Budgets are always controversial. They’re a function of political battles tempered by economic realities. The South African budget is no less so. In mathematical terms, a country’s annual budget is literally about...
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