Johannesburg not only hosted a successful G20 Leaders’ Summit, the first to take place on African soil, but also delivered an impressive and memorable global event.
It must be viewed as a means for radical, irreversible socio-economic transformation that redefines the lives of the marginalised and excluded
The Trump administration’s exclusion of South Africa from G20 meetings comes after its recent successful hosting of the bloc’s annual leaders’ summit despite Washington’s boycott
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola rejected Washington’s criticism of South Africa’s G20 presidency and its decision to exclude Pretoria from G20 meetings
In a national address, Ramaphosa said South Africa would attend the 2026 summit in Miami despite the US president’s suggestions otherwise
South Africa must look beyond the US’s antics and implement the resolutions of the Johannesburg summit and move ahead with African development priorities as set out in the global agenda
By the summit’s end, Ramaphosa emerged with an elevated global profile
The G20 Summit was a moment that announced to the world that the Global South is ready not only to contribute to global discourse but to shape it
South Africa’s risk is not expulsion, which the G20’s rules do not allow, but a year of disruption that could blunt the gains of its presidency
South Africa’s successful hosting of the G20 was not merely a diplomatic accomplishment, it was a national stress test. And we passed it with force. Over the past days, as our country welcomed 45 world leaders and thousands of delegates, we demonstrated something South Africans are far too often denied: efficient coordination, decisive action, and […]
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
Dangor said the US argument that if one G20 member was absent from the leaders summit, then there could be no consensus, had been voted down
The Turkish president pledged deeper trade and strategic cooperation with South Africa while reaffirming his strong support for its stance on the Palestinian cause
Director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said South Africa’s G20 presidency highlighted the importance of trade within WTO rules and reforming the system through local mineral beneficiation
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said countries understood ‘that there’s a bilateral issue between South Africa and the US, but that must not, in any shape or form, undermine or imperil the work of the G20’
President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that all G20 members except the US had signed the declaration
In an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s absence, Ramaphosa warned against allowing ‘anything to diminish the value, the stature or the impact of the first African G20 presidency’
The government said it would not be handing over the G20 presidency to any junior United States official
Over 40 heads of state and government and representatives of the G20 member states as well as UN Secretary-General António Guterres, are attending the two-day summit
He said Africa remains woefully underrepresented across global institutions, and this must change
Trump’s inflammatory remarks about “white genocide” during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit were not merely offensive; they invoked white nationalist tropes aimed at delegitimising Black leadership on African soil
Just like we silenced critics by hosting one of the best Soccer World Cup tournaments in Fifa history in 2010 — again the first time in Africa — we have an opportunity this weekend to host the best G20 summit in history
Advocacy group Women for Change argues that South Africa ‘cannot host the world’s most powerful leaders while a woman is killed every two-and-a-half hours’
‘There should be no bullying of one nation by another. We are all equal’ the president said after Washington warned Pretoria against pursuing a joint G20 leaders’ statement this weekend
The absence of US President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin puts the spotlight squarely on President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa
During its G20 presidency, South Africa has made debt relief one of its top priorities
Ramaphosa’s confirmation now places the United States back in the room for the weekend negotiations at Nasrec
The US has now shifted its position and wants to attend the G20 leaders summit
The organisations argued that South Africa’s active participation at COP30 has always been crucial
Kumi Naidoo, a leading voice for climate justice advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and fair finance, has been calling for governments to act on the ‘moral failure’ of continued fossil fuel expansion
President Cyril Ramaphosa has cast the annual forum as a test of whether multilateral cooperation still matters
In his weekly newsletter, the president said the G20 must urgently address the fiscal conditions that have left low- and middle-income countries unable to build resilience or recover from shocks