Prof Daniel D. Bradlow is Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria.

In the ever-evolving landscape of global economics and politics, two acronyms have been making significant waves: the G20 and BRICS+. These groups, representing major economies worldwide ...

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 ...

Bessent's absence follows a boycott of a G20 foreign ministers meeting in South Africa last week by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the Trump administration has been openly critical of the ...

Despite tensions arising from recent decisions by US officials to abstain from attending the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa's Presidency has pledged to push the G20 ...

or to spread misinformation and attack democracy," he said. Spain is among the first EU countries to implement the bloc's rules, considered more comprehensive than the United States' system that ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that economic cooperation is the main focal point of the G20 Finance Ministers and ... for Development Conference in Spain this June will be an important opportunity ...

Ramaphosa says South Africa’s three priorities for the G20 Presidency are firstly, inclusive economic growth, industrialisation, employment and reducing inequality. Secondly, food security and ...

“The very founding of the G20 was aimed at coordinating the macroeconomic policies of different countries,” he said. “Under the current circumstances, it is particularly important to respond ...

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 ...

Foreign ministers from the G20 top economies have gathered in South Africa’s Johannesburg, amid geopolitical rifts, tensions over the Ukraine war and with the top US diplomat a notable absentee.

Jaishankar has said the G20's ability to harmonise viewpoints is key to advancing the global agenda. Mr. Jaishankar is in Johannesburg on a two-day visit to South Africa to participate in the G20 ...