Inequality crisis ‘no longer just a social issue but a systemic threat to democracy’
Daily Maverick | 28.04.2026 18:12
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the establishment of the International Panel on Inequality as a landmark achievement of South Africa’s G20 Presidency, warning that global inequality has become a structural emergency threatening to halt human progress. Speaking at the Wits School of Governance on Friday, 24 April 2026, Ramaphosa said that because extreme inequality wasted the potential of billions, it acted as a global brake on economic and social development that no single nation could fix in isolation.
