Reading the Exposure Numbers Correctly The data behind the warning is specific rather than abstract. A 2026 comparison of AI exposure across African labour markets, built on Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey and ILO methodology, gives South Africa an exposure score of 4.84 out of 10 , the
Reading the Exposure Numbers Correctly The data behind the warning is specific rather than abstract. A 2026 comparison of AI exposure across African labour markets, built on Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey and ILO methodology, gives South Africa an exposure score of 4.84 out of 10 , the
An External Shock Meeting an Internal Deadline The proximate cause is genuinely external. Renewed US and Iranian strikes since the start of September have pushed Brent crude from $90 to $97 a barrel, up from a low of $70 in July, while the Russia-Ukraine war continues to squeeze global supply
BRICS countries have been looking for a way to settle trade with one another without routing every transaction through the dollar. BRICSCOIN is one concrete answer: a settlement instrument — not a national currency, not a peg to gold, and not a digital token — that central banks would use
The New Delhi BRICS Summit, scheduled to take place on September 12 and 13, 2026, will be attended by leaders of BRICS member countries, partner countries and outreach invitees, as well as heads of several international organisations. India looks forward to welcoming President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to the
The New Delhi BRICS Summit, scheduled to take place on September 12 and 13, 2026, will be attended by leaders of BRICS member countries, partner countries and outreach invitees, as well as heads of several international organisations. India looks forward to welcoming President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to the
A War Measured in Superlatives Nobody Wants The scale is difficult to overstate. Since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, roughly 14 million people have been displaced, including some 7.1 million internally and 4.4 million who crossed into Chad, Egypt, South
For decades, the G7 was treated as shorthand for the world’s economic centre of gravity. That assumption is now being challenged by the numbers. According to recent figures cited by BRICS officials and reported across several outlets, the combined economic output of the BRICS bloc, measured in purchasing power parity
The international system is confronting a contradiction that can no longer be ignored. The challenges facing humanity have become increasingly global; war, economic fragmentation, climate change, artificial intelligence, food and energy insecurity, widening inequality and the digital divide; yet the institutions tasked with addressing them are struggling to keep pace.
The international system is confronting a contradiction that can no longer be ignored. The challenges facing humanity have become increasingly global; war, economic fragmentation, climate change, artificial intelligence, food and energy insecurity, widening inequality and the digital divide; yet the institutions tasked with addressing them are struggling to keep pace.