As the first African-hosted G20 summit, Johannesburg offers a pivotal platform to amplify African priorities. South Africa’s G20 presidency comes at an increasingly difficult moment for international cooperation and consensus building.

In an 11th-hour request, the US embassy asked if its acting ambassador could attend the Johannesburg G20 Summit to receive the presidency from South Africa.

As world leaders meet behind closed doors, a People’s Summit of global grassroots activists is showcasing solutions for the 99%.

Lee off to Johannesburg to attend G20 summit South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (L), alongside his wife, Kim Hea Kyung, boards the presidential plane at Cairo International Airport in the Egyptian capital on Nov.

In a brief statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed claims that the US is in discussions with South Africa to attend the G20 as false. This denial follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement yesterday that the US had ‘a change of mind about participating in one shape, form or other in the summit’.

A White House official says a representative from the United States Embassy in South Africa will attend a formal handover ceremony at the end of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, but the U.

With global inequality taking centre stage and South Africa pushing for historic reforms, the pressure is now on G20 leaders to turn warnings into action.

Gauteng motorists face major traffic disruptions this weekend as Natjoints enforces security lockdowns for the G20 summit, with convoys set to dominate key highways and urban routes.