This was 4 years of detailed and sometimes sensitive talks between our 2 governments both in Vienna and Pretoria.In this process of tracing and locating the..
Statement by Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo, Deputy Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, during the Security Council Video Teleconference.
Ambassador Albert Muchanga Successfully Undertakes G20 Consultations in South Africa
Pretoria, 11 October 2024 – At the 18th G20 Summit held in New Delhi, India, in September 2023, the African Union (AU) was granted permanent membership in the G20, a significant step that enhances the continent’s voice on critical global issues.
Coincidentally, South Africa will assume the G20 rotating chairmanship starting 1 December 2024. Amb. Albert Muchanga, the AU Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals and AU Sherpa (Emissary) for the G20, along with the Government of South Africa, briefed the African Diplomatic Missions and AU Agencies accredited to the Republic of South Africa on the AU’s priorities and strategies for engagement within the G20 framework.
In his opening remarks, Hon.
Xolisa Mabhongo, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and South Africa Sous-Sherpa for the G20, emphasized that th