
South Africa’s participation in the G20, the forum for global economic cooperation, has often been framed in purely economic terms, says Hugh Hacking, Executive Head of Structured Investments and Annuities at Momentum Corporate.
While South Africa’s GDP is not among the top 20 globally, it’s inclusion in the G20 is based on a strategic, geopolitical and economic rationale to ensure the G20’s global legitimacy and diverse perspective.
South Africa advocates for the collective interests of the African continent, ensuring issues such as debt relief, access to climate finance, infrastructure investment and fair sovereign credit ratings are on the global agenda.
It’s role in the G20 has…
Global Media Partnerships: South African publications often collaborate with
international media organizations for joint reporting and coverage.

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Fun South African Fact: The Lion, the cheetah and the wildebeest are three of the five fastest animals in the world and they all live in South Africa.
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Lekker – great / tasty [lack-err] An Afrikaans word that has multiple meanings and which can be used in various contexts to describe many things from people to food to inanimate objects. It is used to convey the meaning of great, delicious, nice or fun. Make sure to roll the ‘r’ when pronouncing the word.Example: “That new movie is lekker!” / “That bunny chow was lekker!” / “I’m lekker, bru!”