Progressive transformation in South Africa does not happen in isolation. The forces that perpetuate inequality in South Africa are connected to global structures of power and capital. Challenging them requires international solidarity and coordinated advocacy.

SPoT’s International Work stream recognises that South Africa’s transformation agenda intersects with struggles across Africa and the global South. Whether in the realm of debt cancellation, technology transfer, pharmaceutical access or climate justice, the issues we face are shared by people across the developing world.

**Pan-African Solidarity**

Africa’s 55 nations share many of the same structural challenges: colonially-inherited inequalities, dependence on commodity exports, limited local manufacturing capacity, and inadequate access to development finance on fair terms.

SPoT builds relationships with progressive organisations across Africa, sharing knowledge and strategies, and advocating for continental approaches to shared challenges. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents an opportunity to build more equitable intra-African economic relationships — but only if its implementation prioritises development over mere liberalisation.

**Global Justice**

The global financial architecture — the IMF, World Bank, WTO and financial markets — continues to impose constraints on developing countries’ ability to pursue their own development paths. SPoT is part of global coalitions advocating for reform of these institutions to better serve the interests of the global majority.

**Learning from Elsewhere**

South Africa has much to learn from transformation experiences elsewhere — from Nordic models of social democracy, from East Asian industrial policy, from Latin American experiments in inclusive growth. SPoT builds these international connections to strengthen our domestic advocacy.

Transformation is a global project. SPoT is proud to be part of that project.