Executive Mayor, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and gentlemen, Greetings, We meet today in an atmosphere of global unease. The events of the last few days and recent years have placed the world on shaky ground. We see rising geopolitical ...
DIRCO and Rustenburg Local Municipality to host a public participation event in Rustenburg
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, in collaboration with the Rustenburg Local Municipality, will host a public participation event on Friday, 9 January 2026, at the Civic Centre in Rustenburg under the theme: Advancing People-Centr ...
President Ramaphosa notes US statement on South Africa’s G20 participation
President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the regrettable statement by President Donald Trump on South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 meetings. The G20 South Africa 2025 Leaders’ Summit was hailed by all members who attended as one of the most succes ...
Closing Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the G20 Leaders’ Summit, 23 November 2025
Leaders of the G20 Member States and Invited Countries, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr António Guterres, Heads of International Organisations, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, I extend my deepest gratitude for the steadfast support you ...
Opening Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the IBSA Leaders’ Dialogue, 23 November 2025
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to welcome you to South Africa and to this IBSA Leaders’ Meeting. The world in which we live is changing rapidly and ...
Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the opening of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, 22 November 2025
Distinguished Heads of State and Government of G20 Members and Invited Guest Countries, Heads of Regional Economic Communities, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr António Guterres, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Paul Ma ...
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the G20 Leaders’ Reception on the occasion of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, 22 November 2025
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour and privilege to welcome you all. As South Africa’s G20 Presidency nears its close, we reflect on the journey we have travelled togeth ...
Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the G20 Leaders’ Summit Session: A Resilient World, 22 November 2025
Your Excellencies, Heads of States and Government of the G20 Members and Invited Countries, Heads of International Organisations, Foreign Ministers in attendance, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Session Two of today's programme, which focuses on t ...
Remarks by His Excellency, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Paul Mashatile at the Compact with Africa G20 Leaders’ Summit, 22 November 2025
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, Distinguished Ministers and Central Bank Governors, Heads of International Organisations, Distinguished Guests, It is ...
Closing Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Global Citizen Scaling Up Renewables in Africa event, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 November 2025
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, The scale of the commitments we have witnessed today are extraordinary. They affirm the relevance of our G20 theme of Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability. South Africa remains firmly committed to a just energ ...
Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Global Citizen Scaling Up Renewables in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 November 2025
Your Excellency Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, His Excellency Micheál Martin, the Prime Minister of Ireland, Mr Hugh Evans, CEO of Global Citizen, Distinguished delegates and viewers from around the world, From the outse ...
Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the African Heads of State and Government, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 November 2025
Your Excellencies, Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are honoured to welcome you to Johannesburg on the eve of the G20 Leaders' Summit. This is a moment of historic significance for our beloved Continent. This is the first time an African country pr ...
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the B20 Summit, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 20 November 2025
Programme Director, B20 Co-Chairs, Ms Nonkululeko Nyembezi and Mr Mxolisi Mgojo, B20 South Africa Sherpa, Mr Cas Coovadia, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola ...
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the G20 Social Summit, Birchwood Conference Centre, Ekurhuleni, 20 November 2025
Programme Director, Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Former Deputy President of South Africa, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister of Human Rights of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Ms Macaé Evaristo, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Members of Parliame ...
Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Presidential Business Working Dinner, 18 November 2025
Programme Director, Ms Bongi Kunene, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperation, Mr Parks Tau, Ms Gloria Serobe, Chairperson of the Industrial Development Corporation, Ms Lerato M ...
Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the handover of the Report of the South Africa G20 Africa Expert Panel for the G20 Leaders’ Summit, 18 November 2025
Chairperson of the Africa Expert Panel, Mr Trevor Manuel, All members of the Panel present today, Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon. The release of the Report of the Africa Expert Panel today marks a key milestone in South Africa’s G20 Presiden ...
President Ramaphosa to receive G20 Africa Expert Panel Report
President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, 18 November 2025, receive the G20 Africa Expert Panel Report during a handover ceremony at the Wanderers Hotel in Johannesburg. South Africa assumed the G20 Presidency in December 2024, marking the first time that ...
Keynote Address by the Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile at the Opening and Welcoming Ceremony of the Second G20 Social Summit, 18 November 2025
Programme Directors, Deputy Minister Alvin Botes and Luanda Mpungose, Co-Convenors of the G20 Social Summit, former Deputy President Her Excellency, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Minister in the Presidency, Honourable Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Premier of Ga ...
SA’s G20 Presidency Focused On Ushering A New Era for African Debt Sustainability, Independent Online (IOL), by Alvin Botes, 18 November 2025
On 10 November 2025, we had the privilege to lead a delegation of the South African G20 Presidency to host the G20–Africa High-Level Dialogue on Debt Sustainability, Cost of Capital, and Financing Reforms at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, ...
Media Statement by Minister Ronald O Lamola on preparations for the G20 Leaders’ Summit, 17 November 2025
It is my distinct honour to welcome you to the NASREC precinct, The National Arts Sports Recreation Events Centre, a place that stands as a living testament to South Africa’s journey of transformation and resilience. NASREC, also known as the Johannesb ...
Media Arrangements: G20 Social Summit
South Africa will host the G20 Social Summit from 18 to 20 November 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province. The G20 Social Summit is designed as an inclusive platform to amplify the voices of civil so ...
President Ramaphosa to engage with CEOs ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 address a working dinner with South African chief executives as part of the G20 Outreach Programme. Since assuming the Presidency of the G20 in December 2024, the South African Government has ...
Deputy President Mashatile to address the Opening Ceremony of the G20 Social Summit
The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile, will on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, deliver a keynote address at the Welcoming and Opening Ceremony of the G20 Social Summit. South Africa will host the ...
South Africa to host the G20 Social Summit
South Africa will host the G20 Social Summit from 18 to 20 November 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province. Under the overarching theme Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability, South Africa’s G20 Pres ...
Minister Lamola’s pre-recorded Keynote Address at a Special Session on G20 to the Virtual Global Town Hall 2025, Jakarta, Indonesia, 15 November 2025
Host: Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI). Theme: The Future We Want Dear delegates, Esteemed colleagues, Friends, It is a great honour to deliver this message on behalf of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa ...
Minister Lamola to brief the media on the state of readiness to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, will brief the media on South Africa’s state of readiness to host the historic G20 Leaders’ Summit, which is scheduled to take place from 22 to 23 November 2025, at the Johannesbur ...
Closing Address by South Africa’s Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Alvin Botes (MP), to the C20 Summit, 14 November 2025
Chairperson of the C20 South Africa, Mr Thulani Tshefuta, C20 Sherpa, Mr Mabalane Mfundisi, Head Delegate of South Africa’s Foreign Service, Ms Salomi Baloyi, Distinguished Members of Civil Society, Representatives of the G20 Engagement Groups, Estee ...
Remarks of the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes at the Think-20 (T20) Summit, Sandton, Johannesburg, 13 November 2025
Programme Director, Head Delegate of SA Foreign Service, SA G20 Sous Sherpa, Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo, Joint Convenors of the T20, Dr Philane Mthembu, Institute of Global Dialogue, associated with the University of SA, Ms Elizabeth Sidropoulos, SA I ...
Collection of Media Accreditation for the G20 Social and Leaders’ Summits
As President of the G20, South Africa will host the G20 Social Summit at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre from 18 to 20 November 2025 and the Leaders' Summit at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, NASREC, on 22 and 23 November 2025. The Sum ...
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Botes Address at the G20–Africa High-Level Dialogue on Debt Sustainability, Cost of Capital, and Financing Reforms, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 November 2025
Programme Facilitator, HE Mrs Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Commissioner for the Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals Department of the African Union Commission, HE Ambassador Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary, United Nations Econo ...
Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the handover of the Report of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts of Global Inequality, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 4 November 2025
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, Professor Joseph Stiglitz and members of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality, Representatives of Oxfam, Distinguished guests, Members of the ...
President Ramaphosa and Prof. Joseph Stiglitz to receive report of G20 Task Team on inequality
President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow, Tuesday, 4 November 2025, receive the G20 Inequality Committee Report on global inequalities together with Professor Joseph Stiglitz and UNAIDS Executive Director Ms Winnie Byanyima. The G20 Presidency of South ...
DIRCO, UNISA and Rustenburg Municipality to host a G20 Townhall Outreach Programme
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the Rustenburg Municipality, will host a G20 Townhall Outreach Programme on Thursday, 30 October 2025, at the Civic Centre ...
Media Guidelines for the G20 Summit
South Africa, as Chair of the G20, will host the G20 Summit at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg from 22 to 23 November 2025 under the theme: Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability. Official Media: Only 3 official media per G20 and invited countr ...
Media accreditation for the G20 Social Summit
South Africa will host the G20 Social Summit from 18 to 20 November 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Center in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province. The G20 Social Summit is designed as an inclusive platform to amplify the voices of civil so ...
Call for informal groups to participate in the G20 Social Summit
Registration remains open for NGOs and other civil society groupings to participate in the G20 Social Summit, scheduled to take place from 18 to 20 November 2025, at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province. Th ...
DIRCO to host an online G20 Summit media workshop
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) will conduct a media workshop focussing on preparations for the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The workshop will take place on Thursday, 16 October 2025, from 08h00 to 10h00. The session will f ...
Keynote Address by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes (MP), during the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues / First Edition of Diaspora Week Theme: “Promoting Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights as Forms of Reparatory Justice”, OR Tambo Building, Pretoria, 8 October 2025
It gives me great pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to this, the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues, held appropriately to coincide with the First Edition of the Diaspora Week. We gather today not merely as heirs to a sacred struggle and trustees of a ...
Keynote Address by Deputy Minister A Botes of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, during the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) Public Dialogue, “Will South Africa’s G20 be a G20 on the African continent or an African G20?”, on 7 October 2025
It is an honour to address you today, and I extend my sincere appreciation to the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) for inviting me to speak on the pivotal question of whether South Africa’s G20 will be a G20 on the African continent or an African G2 ...
DIRCO and UNISA to host a G20 Townhall Engagement in Durban
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, will host a G20 Townhall Outreach on 8 October 2025, in Durban. The event will take pla ...
Keynote Address by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, at the G20 DIRCO-Sanlam Africa Outreach Programme, “Africa in Global Economic Governance: South Africa’s G20 Presidency and the Measurable Outcomes”, 6 October 2025
SPEAKER’S NOTES ON SOUTH AFRICA’S G20 PRESIDENCY When South Africa took over the Presidency of the G20 in December last year, we announced the Theme of our G20 Presidency, namely Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability, as a response to the global unce ...
Call for informal groups to participate in the G20 Social Summit
The Government of the Republic of South Africa is pleased to announce that registration is now open for participation in the G20 Social Summit, scheduled to take place from 18 to 20 November 2025, at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in E ...
Closing Remarks by Minister R O Lamola at the Second G20 Foreign Minsters’ Meeting, New York, USA, 25 September 2025
Your Excellences, I would like to thank you all for your attendance and constructive participation in this Second G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting under South Africa’s G20 Presidency. We further thank the United Nations Secretary-General, HE Mr Antonio Gu ...
Keynote Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, UN General Assembly, New York, USA, 25 September 2025
Your Excellency, Ms Annalena Baerbock, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency, Mr António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, Your Excellency, Ms Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Ronald Lamol ...
Statement by Minister R O Lamola at the Second G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, “The United Nations at 80: reaffirming peace as a path to sustainable development”, New York, USA, 25 September 2025
Honourable Ministers of Foreign Affairs of G20 Members, Honourable Ministers of Foreign Affairs of invited Guest Countries, Honourable Fellow Foreign Ministers of UN Members and permanent observers, G20 Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas, Heads of Invited Inter ...
Press Statement by the Global Governance Group (3G) on its Eighteenth Ministerial Meeting on 24 September 2025
1 The Global Governance Group (3G) held its 18th Ministerial Meeting in New York on 24 September 2025, on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The 3G welcomed the participation of South Africa and Brazil—who eng ...
Speech delivered by Minister Ronald Lamola at the International Peace Institute’s (IPI) Annual Event on Africa and the Global Order Reform of the Global Financial Architecture: G20 Imperatives for Sustainable Debt and Inclusive Growth, New York, USA, on 24 September 2025
Your Excellencies, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, My co-host, Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour and privilege to welcome you all here this evening. South Africa’s Leadership at the G20 South Af ...
DIRCO and UNISA to host a G20 Townhall Engagement in Cape Town
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA), will host a G20 Townhall Outreach on 16 September 2025 in Cape Town. The event will take place under the theme: Financial Incl ...
Keynote Address by Minister Roland Lamola on the occasion of the B20 Recommendation Papers Handover, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 4 September 2025
Good afternoon. It is a great honour to be with you today, to represent the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa. Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, if there is one thing we must take away from the ...
Remarks by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes on the occasion of the Third G20 Food Security Task Force Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, 1 September 2025
Your Excellency, Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt, South Africa’s G20 Sous-Sherpa, Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo, The Director-General of the Department of Agriculture of South Africa, and Chairperson of the G20 Food Securi ...
Media accreditation for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa
South Africa will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit on 22 and 23 November 2025 in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. The Summit will take place under the theme: Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability. Members of the media wishing to cover the G20 Leaders’ Summit ...
Commencement of Media Accreditation for the G20 Summit
Members of the media are informed that accreditation for the G20 Summit, which will be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22 and 23 November 2025, will commence on Monday, 1 September 2025. South Africa assumed the role of President of G20 on 1 D ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa launches historic G20 experts taskforce led by Joseph Stiglitz to combat extreme wealth inequality
The G20 Presidency of South Africa today launched a new “Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts” – commissioned by the President of South Africa, HE Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, and chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglit ...
Keynote Address by Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile on the occasion of the G20 High-Level Intergenerational Roundtable, Sandton Convention Centre, Gauteng, 27 June 2025
Master of Ceremony, Ms Noni Khumalo, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, Minister of Human Settlements, Ms Thembi Simelane, Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Nonceba Mhlauli, Statistician-General of South Africa, Ms Risenga Maluleke, NYDA Executive D ...
Speech by Minister Ronald Lamola at the High-Level Session of the Third G20 Sherpa Meeting, Sun City, 26 June 2025
Honourable Premier of the North West Province, Mr Lazarus Mokgosi, Mr Zane Dangor, G20 Sherpa and Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Sherpas from G20 Members, Invited Guests and International O ...
Opening and Welcome Remarks by South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, the Director-General of the Department on International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Zane Dangor, at the Third Meeting of the G20 Sherpas, at the Sun City Resort, in the North West Province, South Africa, 25 June 2025
G20 Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas, Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas of Invited Guest Countries, Sherpas and Representatives of International Organisations, Directors-General, Deputy Directors-General and Senior Officials from South Africa, Ambassadors and Excellen ...
Media Programme for the G20 Third Sherpa Meeting
South Africa will host the Third Meeting of the G20 Sherpas from 25 to 27 June 2025 at the Sun City Resort in the North West Province. The meeting will take place under the theme: Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability. Live accreditation details are ...
Remarks by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes (MP), on the occasion of the G20 Symposium under the theme: “Advancing Youth Inclusion in the G20 Presidency Agenda”, Stable Theatre, eThekwini, 9 June 2025
We meet on the 9th of June, a month that anchors us in three powerful moments of South African history. Firstly, on this day, 09 June 2002, our country lost Peter Mokaba at the young age of 43. He was our fiery first president of the South African Yout ...
Deputy Minister Botes to lead a G20 Symposium in Durban
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, will host a G20 Symposium on Monday, 9 June 2025, at the Stable Theatre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The event is organised in partnership with the eThekwini Municipality. The even ...
Accreditation for the Third G20 Sherpas Meeting
South Africa will host the Third Meeting of the G20 Sherpas from 25 to 27 June 2025 at Sun City Resort, North West Province. The meeting will take place under the theme: Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability. South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Mr Zane Dangor ...
Deputy Minister Botes to participate in a G20 Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Illicit Financial Flows, Domestic Resource Mobilisation and Financing for Development
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, will deliver remarks during a G20 Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Illicit Financial Flows, Domestic Resource Mobilisation and Financing for Development on Friday, 30 May 2025, a ...
DIRCO and UNISA to host the first G20 Town Hall Engagement
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), in partnership with UNISA, will host a G20 Town Hall Engagement on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, in Pretoria. This G20 Town Hall Outreach aims to engage South Africans on the significance, ob ...
Accreditation for the Third G20 Sherpas Meeting
South Africa will host the Third Meeting of the G20 Sherpas from 25 to 27 June 2025 at Sun City Resort, North West Province. The meeting will take place under the theme: Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability. The meeting will be chaired by South Africa’ ...
Media Statement by Minister Ronald Lamola focussing on South Africa’s G20 Presidency, 12 May 2025
Good Morning to members of the media, esteemed colleagues, and fellow citizens. Please allow me to extend a very warm welcome to you all at our Headquarters, the OR Tambo Building. We have invited you today so we may brief the people of South Africa, thro ...
Minister Lamola to address Media Briefing focussing on South Africa’s G20 Presidency
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, will provide a briefing on South Africa’s G20 Presidency. South Africa assumed the role of President of the G20 on 1 December 2024, taking over from Brazil. Minister Lamola w ...
Communiqué: Civil 20 (C20) Parties reach agreement following G20 Sherpa-led Mediation
In pursuing the objectives of the South African G20 Presidency particularly as they relate to inclusiveness, Pan Africanism and Solidarity, the G20 Sherpa and Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Zane Dangor, r ...
Speaker’s Notes by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes at the Group of Twenty (G20) High Level African Dialogue of the Think 20 (T20), in Pretoria, South Africa, 29 April 2025
Programme Directors, Mr El Karaksy and Ms Gopaul, AUDA-NEPAD, Your Excellency, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Honourable Paul Mashatile, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Ambassadors and High Commissioners, The Director of the Institute ...
Keynote Address by Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile on the occasion of the T20 Africa High-Level Dialogue, at CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 29 April 2025
Programme Directors, Mr. Mohamed El Karaksy and Ms. Pamla Gopaul, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Honourable Alvin Botes, Chief Executive of the South African Institute for International Affair ...
Deputy President Mashatile to deliver a Keynote Address at the T20 Africa High-Level Policy Dialogue
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile will attend and deliver a keynote address at the T20 Africa High-Level Policy Dialogue scheduled to take place in Pretoria from 29 to 30 April 2025. A hallmark of the G20’s legitimacy is its engagement with c ...
Freedom Month: Building a Non-Racial Democracy Remains Unfinished Business, IOL, by Alvin Botes, 8 April 2025
It is a poignant time to reflect deeply on how far we have progressed as a democracy vis-à-vis the sacrifices of those whose lives were tragically cut short in their unwavering pursuit of freedom and justice. We honour Solomon Mahlangu, executed by the ...
South Africa convenes the Second G20 Sherpa Meeting
South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Mr Zane Dangor, will chair the Second Meeting of the G20 Sherpas, to be held virtually on 3 and 4 April 2025. The meeting will take place under the theme: Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability. The First G20 Sherpa Meeting ...
Remarks for Deputy Minister Tandi Morake at the Community Outreach Programme to Limpopo, Univen Sports Ground, University of Venda, 7 March 2025
Programme Director, MEC Tshitereke Matibe, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, Premier of Limpopo Province, Hosi Pheni Ngove, Chairperson of the Limpopo House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders, MEC Sebataolo Rachoene and MEC Mavhungu Lerule, Cllr Freda Nkongo, Exe ...
Deputy Minister Moraka to host a G20 Outreach Programme at the University of Venda
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Tandi Moraka, will on Friday, 7 March 2025, host a G20 Outreach Programme at the University of Venda (UNIVEN), Thohoyandou. The event forms part of a series of initiatives aimed at fosteri ...
Statement on the Cabinet Meeting of Wednesday, 26 February 2025
A. ISSUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT 1. International Relations 1.1. South Africa’s Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) 1.1.1. South Africa’s Presidency of the G20 under the theme: Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability, has commenced in earnest wit ...