Image: International Monetary Fund The G20 Development Working Group (DWG) has released a document outlining its call to action for countries to adopt what it terms voluntary and non-binding high-level principles for combating illicit financial flows (IFFs). The DWG falls under the G20’s Sherpa track and is the key G20 forum for the discussion of Read more >
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South Africa is hosting the SAI20 Summit 2025, a gathering of heads of supreme audit institutions (SAIs) from G20 member countries, in Johannesburg on 24 and 25 June. The summit is chaired by the SAI of the country currently holding the G20 presidency, which also hosts all other G20 workstream engagements for that year. Previous Read more >
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By Dr Sunday Israel OyebamijiFirst published on Democracy Development Programme Corruption is pervasive and undermines democratic governance, economic development, and social justice worldwide. In South Africa, corruption has significantly eroded public trust in institutions and hindered efforts to achieve sustainable development (Mungiu‐Pippidi, 2023). Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a crucial role in addressing corruption through Read more >
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South Africa currently holds the G20 presidency, in a first for the African continent. Its term runs from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025 – coming to an end just five years before the deadline of the UN’s 2030 agenda for sustainable development, which encompasses the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). The country has Read more >
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Image: Flickr/g20brasil24 The G20 leaders’ declaration released at the close of the Rio summit makes all the right noises regarding various issues ranging from global conflict and inequality to food security and climate change. However, its take on action against corruption is poor, to say the least. Out of 85 paragraphs in a 22-page document, Read more >
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Image: Flickr/G20 Brasil Ahead of the 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit, where leaders will come together to discuss matters of critical import for countries around the world, Transparency International’s chapters in G20 countries have written an open letter to the delegates, urging them to walk their long-standing talk on corruption and take concrete action Read more >
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From Amnesty International, CIVICUS and Transparency International 13 October 2020 Dear G20 finance ministers, As you meet this week, we are writing to you to encourage you to take concrete actions in order to build a better future through a just recovery by investing in people and ensuring that funds being made available reach those Read more >
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• A group of protesters holding placards bearing the slogan Stop Arming Saudi Arabia. Image: Alisdare Hickson. Issued by Transparency International Secretariat The annual G20 summit often seems like a talking shop for the world’s most powerful governments. The leaders of 19 of the largest national economies plus the European Union get together, shake hands Read more >
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The role of civil society in democracy and good governance is becoming increasingly important. Acting as the voice of the people, civil society holds governments to account for enforcing the rule of law, complying with legislation and policy, and implementing promises made. When the Group of Twenty (G20), of which South Africa is a member, Read more >