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G20 chair S.Africa seeks to tackle poverty with inequality panel

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the second day of TICAD 9 in Yokohama, Japan, on August 21, 2025. [AFP]

Group of 20 president South Africa announced Thursday it had commissioned a Nobel laureate-led team to tackle global inequality and poverty, a push that could revive calls to tax the rich.

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