Global risks, local stakes: Can SA deliver at the G20?

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Risk strategist Volker von Widdern joins Mandates and Megaphones to unpack whether South Africa can turn complexity into coherence or if political drift and policy overload will sabotage the summit.
25 Jul English South Africa News · Politics

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