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
South Africa’s official African languages mask dozens of dialects, affecting millions, especially in rural areas
He said Africa remains woefully underrepresented across global institutions, and this must change
Transnet is currently appealing a court ruling which dismissed its urgent application to compel Gijima to complete critical data migration following the expiry of a R1.5 billion contract
The chairperson of parliament’s standing committee on appropriations wants an updated breakdown of the hosting costs, warning that the summit must not pressure the national budget
In a landmark ruling, the Emalahleni local municipality was ordered to fund major repairs after pleading guilty to persistent sewage pollution that contaminated rivers feeding the Olifants system
‘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
Chinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans
The commission critiqued alleged middleman of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s testimony and unsubstantiated claims
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
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The party’s secretary general admitted there were some in the national executive committee who wanted to see the president gone
Mogotsi’s testimony kicked off the second phase of the Madlanga Commission, where implicated persons will respond to KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s corruption allegations
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Gigaba appeared in court alongside four former Transnet executives, with prosecutors alleging he accepted undisclosed cash from the Gupta family while tender processes were irregularly steered in their favour
Traffic authorities in Gauteng and the City of Johannesburg have issued alerts about road closures, while advocacy group Women For Change is preparing a national shutdown on Friday in protest against gender-based violence
The party’s top seven officials will handle the selection after the rules were tightened
Lieutenant Ntate Khumalo testified that he found out about the task team’s disbandment letter via social media while awaiting the unit’s budget approval
Physicists and scientists gathered in Hong Kong to map out past, present and future discoveries in mathematics, life sciences and astronomy
A police witness told the Madlanga commission that she was instructed to collect the dockets from the office of crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo for an audit, which could have been done in KwaZulu-Natal
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