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		<itunes:duration>25:40</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As South Africa assumes the G20 presidency, former diplomat and geopolitical
consultant Mohamed Cassimjee joined Jeremy Maggs on Mandates & Megaphones, to discuss how Africa can use this pivotal moment to shape - not just follow - the global agenda. Drawing on his years in diplomacy, Cassimjee explored Africa’s evolving place in a multipolar world, the balance between domestic priorities and continental aspirations, and the challenges of asserting unity amid competing global interests.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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		<title>Closing the gender credit gap is more than a moral issue</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1609007</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Mandates &amp; Megaphones, Naledzani Mosomane of Standard Bank says closing Africa’s $42 billion gender credit gap is vital for inclusive growth. She explains how data gaps, financial literacy, and structural barriers limit women-owned SMEs, and why partnerships, blended finance and measurable KPIs are key to real progress. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Closing the gender credit gap is more than a moral issue</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>24:46</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, Naledzani Mosomane of Standard Bank says closing Africa’s $42 billion gender credit gap is vital for inclusive growth. She explains how data gaps, financial literacy, and structural barriers limit women-owned SMEs, and why partnerships, blended finance and measurable KPIs are key to real progress.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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		<title>'Ignore SA at your peril' – BLSA CEO to G20 investors</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1606570</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of  Mandates &amp; Megaphones, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says South Africa’s G20 presidency is a chance to reset global<br />
perceptions and drive meaningful reform. Speaking to Jeremy Maggs, she outlines<br />
how business can turn summit talk into tangible progress. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>'Ignore SA at your peril' – BLSA CEO to G20 investors</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>24:09</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says South Africa’s G20 presidency is a chance to reset global
perceptions and drive meaningful reform. Speaking to Jeremy Maggs, she outlines
how business can turn summit talk into tangible progress.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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		<title>Taxing the super-rich tops inequality agenda for SA’s G20 presidency</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1603995</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of  Mandates &amp; Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks with Isobel<br />
Frye, senior policy advisor on the G20 at Oxfam South Africa and a leading social<br />
protection expert. Frye explains the complex relationship between global<br />
commitments and local realities, stressing that rhetoric must give way to tangible<br />
results. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Taxing the super-rich tops inequality agenda for SA’s G20 presidency</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>26:11</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks with Isobel
Frye, senior policy advisor on the G20 at Oxfam South Africa and a leading social
protection expert. Frye explains the complex relationship between global
commitments and local realities, stressing that rhetoric must give way to tangible
results.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
		<enclosure url="https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_216/epi_1603995_high.mp3?p=rss" length="25139997" type="audio/mpeg" />
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		<ionofm:player_url><![CDATA[https://iframe.iono.fm/e/1603995?download=0]]></ionofm:player_url>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>No place to hide as SA tries to rally middle powers and reset global trust</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1601293</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa’s G20 test: Can middle powers rescue multilateralism? <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>No place to hide as SA tries to rally middle powers and reset global trust</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>26:59</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[South Africa’s G20 test: Can middle powers rescue multilateralism?]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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		<ionofm:player_url><![CDATA[https://iframe.iono.fm/e/1601293?download=0]]></ionofm:player_url>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>‘Africa doesn’t need charity, it offers leadership’ – SAB’s Rivett-Carnac</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1598984</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa’s year at the helm of the G20 and B20 has opened a rare window for<br />
African business to shape the global economic agenda. In the latest episode of<br />
 Mandates &amp; Megaphones, Richard Rivett-Carnac, CEO of South African Breweries<br />
[SAB] and a member of the B20 Advisory Council, spoke with Jeremy Maggs about<br />
the opportunities and risks that come with such visibility. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>‘Africa doesn’t need charity, it offers leadership’ – SAB’s Rivett-Carnac</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>26:16</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[South Africa’s year at the helm of the G20 and B20 has opened a rare window for
African business to shape the global economic agenda. In the latest episode of
 Mandates & Megaphones, Richard Rivett-Carnac, CEO of South African Breweries
[SAB] and a member of the B20 Advisory Council, spoke with Jeremy Maggs about
the opportunities and risks that come with such visibility.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
		<enclosure url="https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_216/epi_1598984_high.mp3?p=rss" length="25224424" type="audio/mpeg" />
				<ionofm:thumbnail href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_750.jpeg"/>
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		<ionofm:player_url><![CDATA[https://iframe.iono.fm/e/1598984?download=0]]></ionofm:player_url>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>SA urged to act on whistleblower laws ahead of G20</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1596833</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[As South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit, the issue of whistleblower<br />
protection is fast emerging as both a domestic imperative and an international test of<br />
credibility. On this episode of  Mandates &amp; Megaphones, presented by Jeremy<br />
Maggs in association with Standard Bank, the spotlight falls on the urgent reforms<br />
needed to shield those who expose corruption, the failures of current laws, and the<br />
deadly consequences of delay. <br />
Chairperson of Public Interest South Africa, Tebogo Khaas, explains that South<br />
Africa’s presidency of the G20 offers a singular opportunity to move from rhetoric to<br />
action. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>SA urged to act on whistleblower laws ahead of G20</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>24:59</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit, the issue of whistleblower
protection is fast emerging as both a domestic imperative and an international test of
credibility. On this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, presented by Jeremy
Maggs in association with Standard Bank, the spotlight falls on the urgent reforms
needed to shield those who expose corruption, the failures of current laws, and the
deadly consequences of delay. 
Chairperson of Public Interest South Africa, Tebogo Khaas, explains that South
Africa’s presidency of the G20 offers a singular opportunity to move from rhetoric to
action.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sim Tshabalala and the race to align capital and capacity</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1594719</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Mandates &amp; Megaphones, host Jeremy Maggs speaks with the<br />
Standard Bank Group CEO and B20 Finance and Infrastructure Task Force chair who<br />
unpacks the urgent need to close Africa’s $85 billion annual infrastructure funding<br />
gap. From reforming capital rules and ratings agency models to accelerating project<br />
delivery and green digital infrastructure, he stresses transparency, accountability and<br />
streamlined regulation as vital to turning commitments into real, investable projects<br />
that drive growth and jobs. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 08:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Sim Tshabalala and the race to align capital and capacity</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>29:18</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, host Jeremy Maggs speaks with the
Standard Bank Group CEO and B20 Finance and Infrastructure Task Force chair who
unpacks the urgent need to close Africa’s $85 billion annual infrastructure funding
gap. From reforming capital rules and ratings agency models to accelerating project
delivery and green digital infrastructure, he stresses transparency, accountability and
streamlined regulation as vital to turning commitments into real, investable projects
that drive growth and jobs.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
		<enclosure url="https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_216/epi_1594719_high.mp3?p=rss" length="28142604" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Labour leaders push G20 to act on AI, inequality and tax justice</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1592267</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of  Mandates &amp; Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks to Tanya van Meelis, head of policy at Cosatu, and Riefdah Ajam, general secretary of Fedusa, about how the world’s most powerful economies can meaningfully align social justice with economic coordination, or if the gap between promises and delivery is widening. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Labour leaders push G20 to act on AI, inequality and tax justice</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>29:43</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks to Tanya van Meelis, head of policy at Cosatu, and Riefdah Ajam, general secretary of Fedusa, about how the world’s most powerful economies can meaningfully align social justice with economic coordination, or if the gap between promises and delivery is widening.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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	</item>
	<item>
		<title>South Africa’s G20 test: Turning the presidency into power</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1589923</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Drotschie, chief investment officer at Melville Douglas, speaks to Jeremy Maggs about the challenges and opportunities of the country’s G20 presidency and leading the B20 business agenda. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 17:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>South Africa’s G20 test: Turning the presidency into power</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>22:29</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bernard Drotschie, chief investment officer at Melville Douglas, speaks to Jeremy Maggs about the challenges and opportunities of the country’s G20 presidency and leading the B20 business agenda.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
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		<ionofm:player_url><![CDATA[https://iframe.iono.fm/e/1589923?download=0]]></ionofm:player_url>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>From dependency to power player: How Africa can rewrite its future</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1587358</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Brics bloc expands, the G20 comes to Johannesburg, and Western influence wanes, the continent faces urgent choices that could define its future for generations. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>From dependency to power player: How Africa can rewrite its future</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
				<itunes:image href="https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p216/logo_9435_20250905_170415_1400.jpeg"/>
		<itunes:duration>25:46</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As the Brics bloc expands, the G20 comes to Johannesburg, and Western influence wanes, the continent faces urgent choices that could define its future for generations.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.fm/rss/chan/9435">Mandates &amp; Megaphones</source>
		<enclosure url="https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_216/epi_1587358_high.mp3?p=rss" length="24737909" type="audio/mpeg" />
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		<ionofm:player_url><![CDATA[https://iframe.iono.fm/e/1587358?download=0]]></ionofm:player_url>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Johannesburg showdown: Can Brics bend the G20 to its will?</title>
		<link>https://iono.fm/e/1584960</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashraf Patel of the Institute for Global Dialogue weighs in on the realpolitik, risks, and rising tensions behind the geopolitical theatre. Can South Africa bridge the gap between East and West? Can Brics transform the rules, or will it simply mirror them? And what happens when narrative power challenges institutional dominance? <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
					<category>News</category>
				<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Johannesburg showdown: Can Brics bend the G20 to its will?</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>Jeremy Maggs</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>27:34</itunes:duration>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risk strategist Volker von Widdern joins Mandates and Megaphones to unpack whether South Africa can turn complexity into coherence or if political drift and policy overload will sabotage the summit. <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za">Moneyweb</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can social innovators shape the G20?</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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