Dr Gilad Isaacs’ address at the Making Africa’s Energy Transition Work: Local Manufacturing, Decent Work and Sustainable Livelihoods conference held on 8-9 October 2026. Good morning, and welcome to Johannesburg and to this conference, Making Africa’s Energy Transition Work: Local…
Women’s Day this year marks 70 years since the 1956 Women’s March on Parliament. This year’s commemoration was held under the theme, “Empowered Women, Empower the Nation”. The theme is timely and offers an important opportunity to reflect on what…
The State’s appeal of the High Court judgment on the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant will be heard by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 25 August 2026 in Bloemfontein. The case, brought by the Institute for Economic Justice…
Dr Tsega Tefera’s address at the policy dialogue on accelerating care economy reforms in South Africa: evidence-driven policy, financing and practice, held on 22 May 2026 Programme Director, Honourable Minister, distinguished representatives of UN Women and other international organisations, government…
Against a backdrop of ongoing wars, rising trade tensions, mounting debt burdens, and heightened global uncertainty, the 2026 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings and Financing for Development (FfD) forum reflected an increasingly familiar scenario for the…
Kamal Ramburuth’s contribution to the National Planning Commission workshop on South Africa’s implementation of international agreements, conventions, and treaties, held on 13 May 2026 Good morning colleagues Thank you to the National Planning Commission and the International Partnerships Task…
Since 2007, recurring food-price spikes reveal hunger as a problem of market design and underinvestment, not scarcity. With Brazil’s COP30 on the horizon, aligning climate commitments with food systems could cement policy space to manage markets and advance the right…