South Africa: US Makes Clear It Will Oppose a G20 Johannesburg Leaders' Declaration

The summit now seems to be headed for a weaker 'Chair's Statement'. The prospects of Leaders' Declaration were fading anyway, but dimmed considerably after the US spelt out its… Read more »

Africa: COP30 Kicks Off With Donor Nations Served With 'Invoice' for Climate Finance

The COP of 'implementation' and 'truth' has opened in the Amazon with leaders demanding definitive action over aspirational climate policy. The outgoing COP29 president raised the… Read more »

Africa: Trump to G20 and SA - - 'Drop Dead'

Donald Trump's sudden decision to send no official representative to this year's G20 meeting has upset planning and is making it impossible to say if the upcoming meeting will have… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Secures Papal Blessing for G20 Values, While Trump (Yet Again) Dumps On SA

A day after US President Donald Trump declared a US boycott of the upcoming G20 Summit, Pope Leo XIV endorsed the G20's positions on debt and inequality as resonant with his… Read more »

South Africa: Withdrawal of US Aid Has Hurt South Africa's HIV Management Programme

Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected. Read more »

Africa: G20 Task Force Urges Formation of Global Panel to Tackle 'Inequality Emergency'

The establishment of such a panel 'would be a permanent legacy' of South Africa's G20 presidency, says the G20 Inequality Committee. Read more »

South Africa: El Fasher Descends Into Chaos With UN Reporting Mass Killings and Unprecedented Human Rights Violations

South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation called upon 'all external actors and countries involved in this crisis to adhere to international law'. Read more »

South Africa: Kolbe Slots in At Fullback As Boks Ramp Up Excitement Factor With Team to Face Japan

It's a testament to the Springboks' depth that they will field a team with 1,097 caps against Japan despite a debut for prop Zachary Porthen. Read more »

South Africa: UN Special Rapporteur Says Israel's Gaza Genocide Fuelled By Western Support

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, says the US sanctions on her have been 'utterly impairing'. Read more »

Africa: SA's G20 Agenda Draws Broad Support - - but It Could Be Undone By Trump's Opposition

South Africa is pursuing an ambitious G20 agenda for the November Summit in Johannesburg -- an agenda which, say some, is overly ambitious. Read more »

South Africa: Midddle East Crisis - - 'Activists Are the Antibodies of a Healthy Society,' Says UN's Francesca Albanese

On the eve of giving the 2025 Nelson Mandela annual lecture, an interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian… Read more »

South Africa: G20 Johannesburg Summit Set to Address Crucial Global Challenges

The G20 Summit's prospective achievements flow from a bottom-up approach, based on this year's 24 ministerial meetings, which were led by finance ministers, foreign affairs… Read more »

South Africa: Trump's Pick for Ambassador to SA Evades Questions On Race-Based Voting and Refugee Policies

US President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to South Africa has refused to tell US senators if he would support or oppose the reinstitution of laws in the US allowing only… Read more »

South Africa: SA Pushes Debt Sustainability, Green Financing and Disaster Response Before G20 Summit

A month before South Africa hosts the first G20 Leaders' Summit on African soil, the country is pushing key issues of debt sustainability and the cost of capital, mobilising… Read more »

Africa: G20 Delivers On Promise to Support Africa's Economic Development

The work of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors this year will leave a lasting legacy for Africa's economies. South Africa must ensure it makes the most of hosting… Read more »

South Africa: South Africans on Gaza Flotilla 'In Good Health', Release Under Way - Govt

Procedures for ensuring the safe return of the six South Africans detained by Israel after taking part in the Gaza flotilla are 'advancing steadily,' says Dirco. Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Demands Israel Free South African Activists Seized On Gaza Flotilla

Global Sumud Flotilla organisers say an estimated 443 flotilla volunteers are expected to arrive at Ashdod, in southern Israel, where they are expected to be 'processed under… Read more »

South Africa: Unforced Error - How SA's Diplomatic Blunder Risks Its Digital Future

By bowing to Beijing over Taiwan, South Africa has provoked a country that is the leader in a technology critical to modern life. Read more »

South Africa: Mandela, Three Other South Africans Detained By Israeli Special Forces As Gaza Flotilla 'Attacked'

South Africans sailing with the Gaza Sumud Flotilla describe the interception, as Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela calls for his 'immediate release' and the fleet's organisers decry the… Read more »

South Africa: Why We Need Stronger Multilateralism to Strengthen Global Ties and Go Further, Together

The European Union -- born from the ruins of war -- is living proof that multilateralism works. What once divided us now binds us: a single market, a shared legal framework, and… Read more »

South Africa: History Will Judge Israel 'Very Harshly' for the Atrocities Committed in Gaza - Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is concerned that Israel has 'completely ignored' the rulings of the International Court of Justice, but the atrocities 'will and must' come to an… Read more »

South Africa: Emerging Markets Surge Amid Dollar Weakness, but Is New Financial Era On the Horizon?

A weaker dollar, which is being hedged by foreign investors, suggests diminished confidence in US economic management. The surge in gold underscores that fear, as investors… Read more »

South Africa: Charlie Kirk and the Danger of Performative Empathy for Those Who Hate

Instead of empathy, a moment of reflection on Charlie Kirk's death can be used to dismantle the altar of bigotry with which we are confronted. Read more »

South Africa: 'Trade Now Being Used As a Weapon,' Ramaphosa Tells UN in Jab At Trump Tariffs

SA President calls 'geopolitical shocks and unprecedented trade policy volatility' a threat to development. Read more »

South Africa: SA Forges Agricultural Alliances With Brazil and Japan At G20 Meeting

Two new agreements signed on the sidelines of the G20's Agricultural Working Group could give South African farmers new markets and smarter tech. That is if the government can also… Read more »