As the G20 Summit curtains were drawn, the deliberations of the past days underscored both the complexity of our global landscape and the shared determination of member nations to navigate it together. Despite geopolitical tensions and differing national priorities, the summit succeeded in fostering constructive dialogue, and reaffirming a collective commitment to multilateral co-operation, sustainable […]

African governments spend as much as 22 per cent of their GDP on debt servicing. Thirty-two African nations spend more servicing external debt than funding healthcare, while 25 allocate more to debt than to education. It’s a moral crisis that needs to be addressed, not only at fora like the G20 but by all the […]

The proverb, ‘beware of Greeks bearing gifts’, derived from the story of the Trojan horse in Virgil’s Aeneid, is probably a good way to describe the brouhaha surrounding Starlink’s possible entry into South Africa. Evidence suggests that the technology itself could be a means to bridge the digital divide in rural areas, where connectivity remains […]

For the first time, South Africa is taking leadership of the G20, a forum comprising 19 countries with the world’s largest economies, plus the European Union and the African Union. This offers a significant opportunity to address not only the interests of Africa, but that of the Global South. The nations of the G20 account […]

If you are one of those people who always see the glass as half full, the drama around the cancellation of the Budget speech is probably a ‘glass half full’ moment. It can be viewed as our democracy maturing in an era of coalition politics. And that is a good thing. Economic Digest 50 – […]