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Jeremy Maggs unpacks South Africa’s G20 role with bold weekly conversations on politics, economics, and diplomacy - shaping business and policy in a changing world.

  1. 11/24/2025

    Energy transition investment grows, but policy delays still deter investors

    In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Standard Bank’s head of power, Rentia van Tonder, outlines the investment landscape for South Africa’s energy transition, stressing the need for policy certainty, bankable projects and urgent transmission upgrades to unlock large-scale private capital. Moneyweb

    25 min

  2. 11/23/2025

    Inside the G20 engine room: Sarb deputy reveals what happens behind closed doors

    South African Reserve Bank deputy governor Dr Rashad Cassim pulls back the curtain on one of the most turbulent global economic moments in recent memory – and what it has meant for South Africa as G20 host. Moneyweb

    24 min

  3. 11/20/2025

    G20 ‘a test of South Africa’s diplomatic skill’ – Steven Gruzd

    The international relations expert says the country carries both the burden and the potential of speaking credibly for a continent seeking greater global influence in a geopolitically charged world – with sovereign debt, climate action and the just energy transition as central priorities. Moneyweb

    20 min

  4. 11/19/2025

    ‘US boycott won’t stop us’ – Steenhuisen vows to keep Africa’s agenda on the table

    Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen lays out South Africa’s high-stakes push to put food security, fair trade, and agricultural reform at the heart of the G20 agenda. Moneyweb

    26 min

  5. 11/18/2025

    Diplomacy, not defiance, will define SA’s G20 legacy – Standard Bank's Ballim

    Standard Bank chief economist Goolam Ballim unpacks Africa’s pivotal role in a fractured, multipolar world, warning that internal reform, diplomatic balance and economic clarity are essential if the continent is to convert visibility at the G20 into lasting influence. Moneyweb

    28 min

  6. 11/17/2025

    G20 spotlight tests South Africa’s stability and credibility

    As South Africa prepares to host the G20, veteran journalist Ferial Haffajee offers a penetrating assessment of the country’s global narrative, its political fragility, and the credibility of its leadership on the world stage. Speaking to Jeremy Maggs on Mandates & Megaphones, the Daily Maverick associate editor examines how South Africa’s self-image as a stable democracy and voice for the Global South must be weighed against its domestic constraints – from coalition volatility to infrastructure decay. Her insights traverse diplomacy, governance, economics, and the wider struggle to align ambition with execution. Moneyweb

    24 min

  7. 11/15/2025

    Translating B20 ambition into SA’s industrial reality

    As the countdown begins to the B20 South Africa Summit 2025, the nation finds itself under the global spotlight - challenged to transform aspiration into measurable industrial progress. In this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Sub-Saharan Africa, discusses how digital innovation, industrial policy, and public-private collaboration must converge if South Africa is to close its competitiveness gap and join the world’s top 30 economies by 2040. Moneyweb

    28 min

  8. 11/09/2025

    G20 consensus or not, SA must drive its own climate agenda

    South Africa is hosting the G20 with energy security and climate justice at the top of the agenda. In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy Samantha Graham-Maré speaks with Jeremy Maggs about Africa’s energy transition, unlocking green finance, and building an industrial base for the continent’s clean energy future. Moneyweb

    25 min
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Jeremy Maggs unpacks South Africa’s G20 role with bold weekly conversations on politics, economics, and diplomacy - shaping business and policy in a changing world.

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