BRICS+ Countries Are Determined to Trade in Their Own Currencies – But Can It Work?
Using local currencies among BRICS+ countries will lower transaction costs and reduce their dependence on foreign currencies.
Evaluating Macroeconomic Resilience: The Case of South Africa and Botswana
Between 2000–2022, a series of financial shocks plunged both the South African and Botswanan economies into a crisis of declining per capita incomes, triggering socioeconomic disasters.
South Africa’s G20 Presidency in 2025: A Pivotal Moment for the Country and Africa
Among the key areas the presidency will focus on include addressing the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality as well as Africa’s development.
Taking the G20 Helm: Prioritising Social Issues
SAIIA Chief Executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos discusses South Africa’s goals as it assumes the G20 presidency in 2025, including poverty, inequality and climate change.
Supporting Climate-Resilient African Smallholder Farmers Through Carbon Markets
If climate change continues its current path, crop production across the region will decline by 18% by 2050, putting some 200 million people at risk of extreme hunger.
Reflections After the BRICS Summit: Membership, Payment Systems and What Lies Ahead
The 2024 BRICS Summit revealed BRICS’ pragmatic moves toward a diversified global economy. How will shifting alignments influence the international order?
Unpacking the Key Climate Issues at COP29: Essential Reads from SAIIA
For the first time in 15 years, representatives from across the world will come together at COP29 to set a new global climate finance target.
PAPSS – What Is It Good For? Probably Plenty
The collaboration between the AfCFTA, AU, African central banks and financial institutions ensures that PAPSS is well integrated into the continent’s financial ecosystem.
The Pact for the Future: Gains to Celebrate and Challenges to Surmount
To realise the Pact of the Future, historical injustices must be redressed, new threats addressed and innovative reform institutionalised.
From Koeberg to Chernobyl: The Challenge of Nuclear Safety in SA and Ukraine
As interest in nuclear energy grows and military conflicts around the globe rise, the safety of nuclear power plants in armed conflicts should be a key consideration.