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.
Latest episodes
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25 min
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 ne…
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24 min
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…
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20 min
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 geopolitica…
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26 min
‘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
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28 min
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 ar…
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24 min
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 cre…
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28 min
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 prog…
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25 min
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 Ener…
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29 min
B20 warns: Economies must invest 0.5% of GDP in skills
In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, B20 Employment and Education Task Force chair Paul Hanratty says Africa’s growth depends on unlocking SMEs, early education and lifelong l…
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26 min
Africa must move from being a policy taker to a policy shaper
As South Africa assumes the G20 presidency, former diplomat and geopolitical consultant Mohamed Cassimjee joined Jeremy Maggs on Mandates & Megaphones, to discuss how Africa can us…
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25 min
Closing the gender credit gap is more than a moral issue
In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Naledzani Mosomane of Standard Bank says closing Africa’s $42 billion gender credit gap is vital for inclusive growth. She explains how da…
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24 min
'Ignore SA at your peril' – BLSA CEO to G20 investors
In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says South Africa’s G20 presidency is a chance to reset global perceptions and drive…
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26 min
Taxing the super-rich tops inequality agenda for SA’s G20 presidency
In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks with Isobel Frye, senior policy advisor on the G20 at Oxfam South Africa and a leading social protection expert. Frye…
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27 min
No place to hide as SA tries to rally middle powers and reset global trust
South Africa’s G20 test: Can middle powers rescue multilateralism? Moneyweb
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26 min
‘Africa doesn’t need charity, it offers leadership’ – SAB’s Rivett-Carnac
South Africa’s year at the helm of the G20 and B20 has opened a rare window for African business to shape the global economic agenda. In the latest episode of Mandates & Megaphones…
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SA urged to act on whistleblower laws ahead of G20
As South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit, the issue of whistleblower protection is fast emerging as both a domestic imperative and an international test of credibility. On t…
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29 min
Sim Tshabalala and the race to align capital and capacity
In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, host Jeremy Maggs speaks with the Standard Bank Group CEO and B20 Finance and Infrastructure Task Force chair who unpacks the urgent need…
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30 min
Labour leaders push G20 to act on AI, inequality and tax justice
In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks to Tanya van Meelis, head of policy at Cosatu, and Riefdah Ajam, general secretary of Fedusa, about how the world’s mo…
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22 min
South Africa’s G20 test: Turning the presidency into power
Bernard Drotschie, chief investment officer at Melville Douglas, speaks to Jeremy Maggs about the challenges and opportunities of the country’s G20 presidency and leading the B20 b…
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26 min
From dependency to power player: How Africa can rewrite its future
As the Brics bloc expands, the G20 comes to Johannesburg, and Western influence wanes, the continent faces urgent choices that could define its future for generations. Moneyweb