South Africa braces for a high-stakes G20 summit without the United States

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South Africa braces for a high-stakes G20 summit without the United States  But while global ambitions take center stage, frustrations at home are palpable. Johannesburg authorities have launched a multimillion-dollar clean-up campaign to repair broken infrastructure ahead of the summit — a move many residents view as superficial.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/20/south-africa-braces-for-a-high-stakes-g20-summit-without-the-united-states  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00South Africa is making final preparations to host world leaders at the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend,

00:07a historic first for the African continent, but one overshadowed by the absence of United States.

00:15So with the U.S. pulling out of the G20, I think it's quite important to know that it has a significant impact

00:21on a lot of the country's participation, like we saw with Argentina also pulling out,

00:26and other countries maybe not sending their presidents this side.

00:30So I think it does have an impact, but in the end, a lot of the politicians and political analysts are actually saying

00:37that it can actually have a better positive impact because there's not going to be a shied show of another policy agenda.

00:44Johannesburg authorities have launched a multi-million dollar clean-up campaign

00:49to repair broken infrastructure ahead of the summit, a move many residents view as superficial.

00:54Hosting this G20, I don't really think it's going to be beneficial for South Africans,

00:59for the ordinary South Africans.

01:01It's just a way to waste money, if I can say.

01:06Yeah, I really don't think it's going to be beneficial to the average South African person.

01:10I'm happy that, you know, world leaders are coming to South Africa,

01:14and they are aware of this propaganda that is trying to sell in saying that there is genocide in our country.

01:22So I'm very happy, and I think those who will be coming will have a story to tell as they go back.

01:31South Africa has used this G20 presidency to press for solutions

01:35to financial challenges facing developing nations, especially climate-related distress.

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