As it hosts Africa's first G20 Summit, South Africa remains fixated on Israel. It is likely to leverage its Summit hosting – which key players including the United States have boycotted – to once more attack Israel while its own government ignores atrocities within its own borders. This at the same time as many attending G20 states have outright rejected South Africa's allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Distrust of experts is at an all-time high. Whether it relates to COVID-19 or climate change, expert opinions are now casually dismissed in favor of armchair commentators. All the while, the true experts wrestle underlying complexities, relying on the assessment of hard evidence, not emotion, and the proper frameworks.
