What the IMF gets wrong – and how to fix it

11 December 2025 • Guest commentFinance External voice: Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima, University of Leeds, Celine Tan and Stephen Connelly, University of Warwick IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC on 15 October 2025. Photo: IMF Photo/Joshua Roberts Article summary…

SIBONGILE QUNTANA | The gambling debt paid in violence and stolen childhoods

As we mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence under the 2025 theme “Break Barriers, Build Safe Spaces”, we must confront the uncomfortable intersections of addiction and violence that shatter South African families. While physical and emotional abuse often receive the most attention in conversations about domestic violence, another equally destructive force frequently…

SIBONGILE QUNTANA | The gambling debt paid in violence and stolen childhoods

As we mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence under the 2025 theme “Break Barriers, Build Safe Spaces”, we must confront the uncomfortable intersections of addiction and violence that shatter South African families. While physical and emotional abuse often receive the most attention in conversations about domestic violence, another equally destructive force frequently…