The emerging world order will be defined by two global poles, a handful of mini-poles and a growing number of states—including many in Africa—with greater room to shape outcomes than at any point in recent history. Whether this produces greater cooperation or rivalry will depend less on structural trends than on the political choices governments make today.

This morning’s meeting at the Premier’s Council on Skills was an exciting reminder of the enormous potential of agriculture in the Western Cape.

The Hanns Seidel Foundation was happy to welcome McKinnley Mitchell from South Africa to its IV. International Summer School on the Social Market Economy, held in Munich and Fürth, Bavaria.

It was a great honour for the Hanns Seidel Foundation to engage with German Federal Foreign Minister Dr Johann Wadephul and MP Stephan Mayer, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag, during their official visit to South Africa for an exchange on the future of German-South African and German-African relations. The Minister was accompanied by a high-level delegation of senior business representatives.

Critical raw materials are shaping the global geoeconomic landscape. For European industry, access to these materials is essential to maintain competitiveness. For resource-rich African nations, they offer potential for their own industrialization. This will bring Europe and Africa closer together.