President Ramaphosa and Prof Joseph Stiglitz to receive report of G20 Task Team on inequality

President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow, Tuesday, 4 November 2025, receive the G20 Inequality Committee Report on global inequalities together with Professor Joseph Stiglitz and UNAIDS Executive Director Ms Winnie Byanyima.

The G20 Presidency of South Africa gave a unique opportunity for the country to launch a new Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts – commissioned by President Ramaphosa, and chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz.

This initiative was earmarked to deliver the first ever-report on global inequality to G20 to world.

The six independent experts were Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz (USA); Dr Adriana E. Abdenur (Brazil); Ms Winnie Byanyima (Uganda); Professor Jayati Ghosh (India); Professor Imraan Valodia (South Africa); and Dr Wanga Zembe-Mkabile (South Africa).

The report will highlight the state of wealth and income inequality, their impacts on growth, poverty, and multilateralism, and present a menu of effective solutions for leaders.

The report will contain recommendations on debt restructuring as well as regional production of long-acting AIDS medicines and other pandemic therapies.

The handover presentation is arranged as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Time: 14h00
Venue: Tuynhuys

RSVP: Members of the media wishing to attend the Inequality Committee Handover in person are requested to submit their details to Sydwell Mabasa: Sydwell@presidency.gov.za

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President - media@presidency.gov.za

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria