Cyril Ramaphosa vainly hopes Trump’s threats – on racial redress, woke G20 management and calling out Israel’s genocide – will be retracted over a round
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/)
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the annual opening of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San leaders, Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, 25 February 2025. Chairperson of
President Cyril Ramaphosa defended the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana after the first GNU budget speech was postponed to 21 March. SA reacted.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in South Africa for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 nations, where top European diplomats are expected to reinforce their support for Ukraine.
Ramaphosa expressed concern about a number of conflicts in Africa, as well as tensions between Israel and Palestine.
Despite concerns over land policy, President Ramaphosa reassures that South Africa and the US will continue to work together diplomatically.
Foreign ministers and senior diplomats from leading rich and developing countries focused on global conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war, on the last day of their meeting in South Africa.
He told journalists at the sidelines of the first G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday, that the importance of the forum would not be diluted even if some leaders opt not to attend.