{"id":42631,"date":"2025-11-22T15:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42631"},"modified":"2025-11-22T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:37:06","slug":"g20-summit-reflects-on-20-years-of-achievements-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/22\/g20-summit-reflects-on-20-years-of-achievements-and-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 Summit reflects on 20 years of achievements and challenges &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The G20 Summit has reflected on the achievements, challenges and future of the G20 bloc since its establishment in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The Summit in Johannesburg represents the 20th meeting of the group, which sought to bring about global stability in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The G20 Review report commissioned by South Africa has found that the expansion of the group\u2019s scope over time has been positive.<\/p>\n<p>Director of the G20 Research Group and a contributor to the report, Professor John Kirton, explains some of the key debates that have shaped successive summits<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe G20 summit and all the institutions surrounding it, underneath it, do not need to be reformed. They need to be strengthened. And how should they be strengthened? Well, the biggest debate was that some people thought it should go back to basics, strip down the summit, and deal only with the economy as a macroeconomist would. But as we heard from President Ramaphosa this morning, no, it has to do many other things that it has been doing for many, many summits now. Climate change, Health, Gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"G20 Summit | Prof John James Kirton shares thoughts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLogElu3VeI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit adopts the Declaration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Delegates from across the world, except the US, have gathered in Johannesburg for South Africa\u2019s historic moment in hosting the summit.\u00a0G20 leaders have unanimously agreed to adopt the declaration at the start of the Leaders\u2019 Summit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS | President Cyril Ramaphosa says the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit has adopted the declaration by overwhelming consensus. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SABCNewsG20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#SABCNewsG20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xWkY3OUDUr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xWkY3OUDUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SABC News (@SABCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNews\/status\/1992167712882409478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a departure from tradition, President Cyril Ramaphosa requested fellow G20 leaders endorse the declaration on Saturday, rather than at the end of the summit on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>President Ramaphosa says the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit has adopted the declaration by overwhelming consensus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cG20 underscores the value of relevance, of the relevance of multilateralism. It recognizes that the challenges that we face can only be resolved through cooperation, collaboration and partnership. The adoption of the Declaration from the summit sends an important signal to the world that multilateralism can and does deliver. It sends a message of hope and solidarity across the world. It tells the world that, as the leaders of the G20, we will keep fast to our solemn pledge to leave no person, no community, and no country behind. With those words, I therefore declare the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit open,\u201d says Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G20Summit2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#G20Summit2025<\/a> declaration states that \u201cWe recognise that inequality, unemployment, under-employment and informal employment, pose significant threats to global economic growth, development, social and economic stability.\u201d  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SABCNEWSG20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#SABCNEWSG20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvDsWJ4mMR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DvDsWJ4mMR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SABC News (@SABCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNews\/status\/1992234278181347725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mining analyst Peter Major says a key takeaway for him is how the government leverages South Africa\u2019s mining strengths to benefit the broader industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen Europe\u2019s committee now \u20ac750m. They said we\u2019ll go to South Africa. Well, I don\u2019t know, but South Africa wants as large a part of that and deserves as large a part of that as possible for minerals development, you know, to supply the EU with what they call critical minerals. I didn\u2019t really hear that in the president\u2019s speech. I heard him brag up at the end about how we\u2019re committed to clean energy. But, you know, we commit to a lot of things, but they\u2019re usually quite general,\u201d says Major.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa lists Artificial Intelligence (AI) as one of the cross-cutting issues the G20 needs to focus on, alongside inequality, jobs, and food security.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe acknowledge the G20 Initiative on Supporting Industrialisation in Africa and Least Developed Countries and reaffirm our commitment to help developing countries, particularly African countries, better integrate into the global industrial, value and supply chains and accelerate\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l3avRbh1H0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/l3avRbh1H0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANC \u2013 African National Congress (@MYANC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MYANC\/status\/1992239237454832008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAI is quickly becoming one of the most powerful tools when it comes to cybersecurity, especially when it comes to SMEs, which don\u2019t really have a large IT budget and rather large IT teams. So this is where AI can essentially detect attacks faster than humans can and it can analyze millions and millions, you know, signals at a particular time and it can even stop some of these threats automatically before they even occur,\u201d says Cybersecurity Expert Shayimamba Conco.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa\u2019s opening address set the tone for a Summit rooted in solidarity, reform and global cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO | G20 Summit | G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit declaration adopted by consensus<\/strong><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"G20 Summit | G20 Leaders&#039; Summit declaration adopted by consesus\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fLoJpoMzd24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#G20 #Summit #reflects #years #achievements #challenges #SABC #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The G20 Summit has reflected on the achievements, challenges and future of the G20 bloc since its establishment in 1999.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42635,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42631\/revisions\/42635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}