South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched the G20’s first-ever taskforce on global wealth inequality. Chaired by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, this six-member panel will investigate how extreme wealth concentration undermines economic growth, deepens poverty, and weakens multilateral cooperation. The initiative represents a key priority of South Africa’s G20 presidency, focusing attention on challenges facing poorer nations, including sovereign debt and unfair global systems. Ramaphosa cited vaccine inequity during the pandemic as a stark example of how inequality “undermines dignity.” The taskforce aims to transform public frustration over growing inequality into…
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A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.