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What Fiscal History Reveals About the Urgency for Mission-Oriented Climate, Nature and Development Finance
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 26th November 2025 The allocation of climate finance is revealing. Roughly 90% flows to mitigation, with just 10% reaching adaptation – an imbalance reflecting global... →
South Africa’s G20 presidency: Diplomatic Victory, But a Weak Final Declaration
25th November 2025 US president Donald Trump’s efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US... →
What Fiscal History Reveals About the Urgency for Mission-Oriented Climate, Nature and Development Finance
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 25th November 2025 The allocation of climate finance is revealing. Roughly 90% flows to mitigation, with just 10% reaching adaptation – an imbalance reflecting global... →
Long Covid’s hidden toll: the South Africans still battling fatigue, anxiety and memory loss
25th November 2025 “I feel better, but my mind isn’t the same.” Four years after the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, such comments are still heard regularly in many... →
South Africans have lost trust in the police, in parliament and in political parties - what that means
24th November 2025 For democracies to function well, citizens have to trust their institutions. Every incidence of bad service delivery or corruption will influence... →
Can Africa bolster its bargaining power at the EU-AU summit?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th November 2025 At this week’s Luanda summit, several thorny issues relating to the security partnership must be confronted head-on. On 24 and 25 November, leaders... →
AU Commission reform must align with Africa’s ambitious agenda
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th November 2025 The African Union needs more commissioners, not fewer, to efficiently handle the scope and complexity of continental challenges. When the African... →
Beyond Promises: The EU-AU Summit Must Strengthen Multilateral Peace and Security
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 24th November 2025 As rising global conflict exposes the fragility of the multilateral system that has long shaped Africa-Europe relations, both regions remain... →
The debt-led economic model is a roadblock to Africa's self-sufficiency
24th November 2025 The global financial architecture is weaponised against African nations, which adversely impacts fiscal and monetary policies. South Africa... →
South Africans are flourishing more than you might expect – here’s why
21st November 2025 South Africa is often portrayed in the media as a country struggling with inequality, corruption, crime, infrastructure collapse and public health... →
