The US led the way in blocking consensus on several of South Africa’s priorities in the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Cape Town last week, raising serious questions ...

A G20 meeting would normally be an opportunity for a U.S. secretary of state to push for support on U.S. positions, especially at the start of a new administration. Analysts say Rubio’s absence ...

The move raises concerns over whether US President Donald Trump will attend the G20 summit in November when South Africa is expected to hand the rotating presidency to the US for 2026. The G20 ...

What is the G20? And when is the 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit? The G20 is a forum that brings together leaders from developed and emerging economies to discuss critical global financial, political ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said while the US decided to snub the meeting, G20 will continue with or without them. “Absence of the U.S. Secretary of State at the first #G20 Foreign Ministers ...

While the country is hosting the Group of Twenty (G20) summit this year, the Western Cape and Cape Town will in turn host the Business 20 (B20) – the official G20 dialogue forum for the domestic ...

John Stremlau is Honorary Professor, International Relations, at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. In light of Donald Trump’s actions, this week’s G20 foreign ...

Picture: @RonaldLamola on X JOHANNESBURG - Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola said he is upbeat that South Africa’s G20 presidency will make significant headway in helping to ...

JOHANNESBURG - Some countries have opted not to take a group photo alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a G20 event in Johannesburg. Eyewitness News understands that the leaders ...

Japan Tells G20 Free, Open Trade Crucial for Global Growth By Leika Kihara CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Japan told its G20 counterparts that free, open and rules-based trade was important to sustain ...

“That will not make America greater or safer.” The G20 was created in 1999 after the Asian Financial Crisis as a forum for finance ministers and central bankers to meet and discuss ...