Honourable Members,   South Africa’s #G20 Presidency, under the theme ‘Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability’, has received strong support from G20 Members, invited countries and international organisations.   South Africa’s G20 Presidency has entered its final 90 days.   Approximately 87 of the 132 official meetings on the G20 calendar have already taken place.   These meetings addressed some of the most urgent and significant challenges facing the global community, demonstrating our firm commitment to finding sustainable and innovative solutions through dialogue, collaboration and cooperation.   The ongoing G20 discussions aim to advance South Africa’s overarching priorities.   These priorities are to: ─ Strengthen disaster resilience and response. ─ Ensure debt sustainability for low-income countries. ─ Mobilise finance for a just energy transition. ─ Harness critical minerals for inclusive growth and sustainable development.   South Africa is also championing broader and cross-cutting issues through all the G20 Working Groups.   These include reform of the multilateral trading system and the international financial architecture, including strengthening of multilateral development banks.   While there is divergence on some issues, as is expected in multilateral engagements, there is strong support for South Africa’s priorities among G20 members.   Negotiations on the G20 Working Group Ministerial Declarations and Outcomes are currently underway.   Most of the last round of Ministerial meetings will be held in September and October 2025.   A significant milestone was the Third Meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in July 2025.   The meeting outcomes were agreed in a communiqué consented to by all members.   The meeting delivered productive and constructive discussions on Africa, the global economic outlook and macroeconomic stability, the international financial architecture, sustainable finance, global health, infrastructure, tax, financial sector issues and financial inclusion.   On the 29th of August 2025, we launched the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Wealth Inequality.   The panel is being chaired by the Nobel Laureate, Professor Joseph Stiglitz.   This initiative seeks to heighten global attention on inequality and outline practical action to address growing disparities in income, wealth and opportunity.   The outcomes of the G20 Ministerial Meetings will form a key part of the G20 Leaders’ Declaration, which will be adopted at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg in November.   South Africa aims to produce an ambitious Leaders’ Declaration that will promote the development agenda of the Global South in general and the African continent in particular. #RamaphosaQandA #G20SouthAfrica(Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦)