By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is beset by crises that have cast doubt on his presidency and left him vulnerable...
Since 1994, South Africa’s approach to negotiations has been geared towards having a multilateral forum that pushes for consensus between government, business, labour and communities. But business wants a new approach: having bilateral talks that involve only two parties — in this case, bus...
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) chief executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos has said the two-year Covid-19 pandemic is one of the reasons a fragile multilateralism has accelerated tension and weaknesses in the system. She noted that multilateralism and its fragility had been a topic of discussion and concern over a number of years.
The power utility is an integral part of South Africa's transition to a low-carbon economy, explains Daniel Mminele, head of the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team.
South Africa aims to pursue a financing solution that embraces a “different paradigm” with regard to the allocation of risk, as well as return expectations and investment horizons, when negotiating the terms and conditions of a $8.5-billion climate finance offer made in November by several developed countries. A ‘Political Declaration on the Just Energy Transition in South Africa’, which incorporates the financing offer, was signed with the European Union, France, Germany, the UK and the US on the side-lines of the COP26 climate talks, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The ANC executive’s decision to bar party members facing criminal charges from contesting positions is not bold enough to prevent those affected from participating in leadership contests.