{"id":99174,"date":"2025-07-18T10:44:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=99174"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:44:46","slug":"end-financial-apartheid-greenpeace-africa-urges-ramaphosa-to-lead-on-global-tax-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/end-financial-apartheid-greenpeace-africa-urges-ramaphosa-to-lead-on-global-tax-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018End Financial Apartheid\u2019: Greenpeace Africa urges Ramaphosa to lead on global tax justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Azra Hoosen |\u00a0ah@radioislam.co.za<\/a>
\n18 July 2025 | 10:30 CAT
\n2 min read<\/p>\n

A giant banner dropped in Durban this week is sending a loud message to world leaders: \u201cEnd Financial Apartheid.\u201d<\/em> As South Africa hosts the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, Greenpeace Africa is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to take a bold stance for global tax justice.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the protest is one clear demand: tax the super-rich.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fred Njehu, global political lead for Fair Share Campaign with Greenpeace Africa, says the current international financial system continues to marginalise developing nations. \u201cFinancial apartheid is a term that we are using as a campaign just to illustrate the fact that the international financial system is still controlled by the super powerful, bigger countries and bigger economies while the developing countries are at the peripheral of the discussions,\u201d he explained in an interview with Radio Islam.<\/p>\n

Njehu said global tax rules currently benefit wealthier nations while disadvantaging countries in Africa and other parts of the Global South. \u201cIf you look at the global tax rules as they are, they favour the bigger economies at the detriment of African countries and other developing regions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Africa believes President Ramaphosa, as a leader within the G20, has a crucial role to play. \u201cHe has a golden opportunity to lead this conversation and to lead this economic transformation that is fair, just and equitable,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Responding to whether protests like this still hold weight, Njehu noted that public demonstrations remain a vital tool of activism, particularly in restricted or elite spaces. \u201cProtests are used to convey a message, especially for spaces where civil society organisations and non-state actors are restricted. They are part and parcel of the process,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

While protests remain essential, Njehu urges activists to also pursue other channels: \u201cWe have to continuously be creative, speak truth to power, and also engage in other spaces\u2014diplomatically, bilaterally, or in any other forums that we can be able to create the change.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Africa has joined global tax reform platforms, including the UN Tax Convention and a joint initiative with Brazil and Spain. But are these efforts meaningful or merely symbolic?<\/p>\n

Njehu noted that South Africa\u2019s participation is vital, not only for its own economic justice but for the continent\u2019s. \u201cBeing the biggest African economy and being in those spaces is able to push for progressive reforms that also favour our call for taxation of the super-rich,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also highlighted the importance of the UN Tax Convention, calling it \u201ca global platform for parties to make these rules so that the tax rules are fair\u2026 We obtain taxing rights\u2026 and a more democratic process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Greenpeace Africa, along with the Fight Inequality Alliance, is urging leaders to back real reform. \u201cPolitical leadership plays a critical role. The rest of the African countries are also looking to South African leadership, through President Ramaphosa, so that these benefits are also able to trickle down to smaller economies,\u201d said Njehu.<\/p>\n

As the G20 meetings continue behind closed doors, activists in Durban have made sure that one message is clearly visible: Tax the super-rich. End financial apartheid.<\/em><\/p>\n

LISTEN<\/strong> to the full interview with Ml Sulaimaan Ravat and Fred Njehu, global political lead for Fair Share Campaign with Greenpeace Africa, here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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