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South Africa’s push for a permanent Y20 council met strong resistance, exposing divisions on climate, gender and technology and leaving the forum without a final communiqué

G20’s youth forum split over wording and accountability structure

For the first time in 14 years, the G20 youth engagement group (Y20) closed its summit last week without issuing a communiqué — the set of recommendations that usually feeds into a declaration by world leaders at their annual summit, this year being hosted in Johannesburg in November. In June, the Y20 submitted a communique […]

  • Eyaaz
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Economic Freedom Fighters chairperson Veronica Mente. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Push for Veronica Mente to be EFF’s first female deputy leader grows

The Economic Freedom Fighters chairperson is popular with the branches and is backed by a number of provinces

  • Eyaaz
5 min read