Africa: G20 Task Force Urges Formation of Global Panel to Tackle 'Inequality Emergency'

Africa: G20 Task Force Urges Formation of Global Panel to Tackle 'Inequality Emergency'

The establishment of such a panel 'would be a permanent legacy' of South Africa's G20 presidency, says the G20 Inequality Committee.

Cyril Ramaphosa receives landmark G20 report urging global action on inequality

President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the landmark report commissioned by the South African Presidency of the G20, which looks at urgent and coordinated global action to tackle rising inequality. In the summary report of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality, released in November 2025, experts describe inequality as one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. They warn that it threatens economi…