President Ramaphosa to address public Global Inequality Dialogue

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 24 April 2026, deliver a keynote address to the public Global Inequality Dialogue at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. 

During its 2025 G20 Presidency, South Africa commissioned the first-ever global inequality report from a committee of independent experts led by Nobel Laureate, Joseph Stiglitz.

The key recommendation from the report was the establishment of an International Panel on Inequality (IPI).

It is intended that the panel, which was inspired by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will monitor trends and assess drivers and consequences of inequality.

The founding International Panel on Inequality Committee (IPI) is convening for the second time with leading academics and think tanks over two days from 24 -25 April 2026 at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at Wits University.

The gathering will deliberate on the structure and governance of the IPI and will be accompanied by a public Global Inequality Dialogue.

Nobel Economics Laureate, Professor Joseph E Stiglitz, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, and distinguished experts Dr Adriana Abdenur and Professors Jayati Ghosh, Imraan Valodia, and Wanga Zembe-Mkabile will join representatives of the Panel’s founding governments - Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Spain - in two panel sessions to discuss the state of global inequality. This platform will also engage on progress towards establishing an International Panel on Inequality.

Having received the endorsement of the African Union, South Africa will present a draft resolution on the establishment of the International Panel on Inequality for adoption by the United Nations General Assembly during its 80th resumed session in 2026.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the public Global Inequality Dialogue as follows: 

Date: Friday, 24 April 2026 
Time: 11h30
Venue: Wits School of Governance and Business School, Parktown, Johannesburg 

Media wishing to cover the public address physically are advised to register on the link below and should note that allocations for media are restricted due to the venue. Live Streaming of the President’s address to public Global dialogue will be broadcast on all Presidency digital platforms. 

Media RSVP link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/MUtcF4qCpJ

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

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria