A Defining G20 Moment for Africa’s Modernization and Global Leadership
By Kirtan Bhana - TDS

25 November 2025

The 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg is historic as the first held on African soil. It was a logistical triumph for South Africa and a substantive demonstration of Africa’s accelerating transformation. The summit, preceded by 133 technical and ministerial meetings, revealed the contours of a shifting global landscape in which Africa is no longer a peripheral participant, but an emerging centre of gravity.

Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization makes significant original contributions to global sustainable development: report
   

This photo shows copies of the think tank report titled "Joining Hands to Advance Toward an Eco-Friendly Modernization -- The Theoretical Contributions and Practical Leadership of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization To Global Sustainable Development." A report focusing on the global significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization was released at the Global Panda Partners 2025 conference in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday. The report was co-authored by the National High-Level Think Tank of Xinhua News Agency and the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

FG Moves Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Kana to Strategic General Services Office

Newsdotafrica.com

24 November 2025

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Kana has been redeployed to the General Services Office (OSGF) from the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.

IBSA leaders agree priorities for renewed cooperation at Johannesburg meeting

Leaders proposed the establishment of an IBSA Digital Innovation Alliance to facilitate the exchange of digital public infrastructure

TV BRICS - 24 November 2025 - Leaders of India, Brazil, and South Africa agreed on a refreshed set of priorities for the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum during a high-level meeting held during the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on 23 November 2025. The discussions were chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, with the participation of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

China achieves remarkable results in improving residents' housing conditions

 
This photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a toilet (L) and a kitchen after renovation at a household in Yangpu District of east China's Shanghai. Shanghai grappled for decades with a deeply personal challenge for many residents: the humble chamber pot. Cramped living spaces nestled within labyrinthine alleyways transformed even the most basic human needs into a challenging daily struggle.

Unremitting high-quality urban renewal, a practice of China's people-centered development

*China has persistently advanced high-quality urban renewal to improve residents' sense of happiness, consciously practicing the people-centered development philosophy, and the efforts have paid off. * Officials and experts discussed in the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency, how China has continuously improved living conditions and the residential environment for its people through the construction of affordable housing, as well as the renovation of shantytowns, old residential communities, urban villages, and dilapidated houses.

Foreign tourists bring record revenue to Brazil’s economy in 2025

More than 7 million travellers visited the country between January and September

TV BRICS- 23 November 2025 - International tourism continues to play a leading role in Brazil’s national economy in 2025. From January to September, foreign tourists brought the country US$6.09 billion, spending on accommodation, food, transport, leisure, and shopping. This is the highest figure ever recorded and 11.7 per cent more than in the same period of 2024, according to the website of the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism.

Johannesburg summit: A do-or-die moment for G20

by Kirtan Bhana

CGTN - 22 November 2025

(This article was first published on CGTN: Johannesburg summit: A do-or-die moment for G20)

The G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the first time the forum convenes on African soil.

The symbolism is powerful, but the stakes are far greater. As the first African nation to hold the G20 presidency, South Africa is determined to center the development agenda of the Global South on "Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability."

G20 Social Summit declaration presented to President Ramaphosa

21 November 2025

In symbolic finale to the G20 Social Summit, a collective declaration representing the voices of workers, civil society, youth, women, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable communities across the globe, was formally handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

G20 Social Summit a historic path of no return

21 November 2025

Brazil’s Minister of Human Rights, Macaé Evaristo, has heralded South Africa’s embrace and expansion of the Brazilian-initiated G20 Social Summit aimed at placing human dignity and civil society at the heart of the world’s most powerful economic forum. The Minister delivered remarks at the closing ceremony of the G20 Social Summit held in Ekurhuleni on Thursday.

BMA Ensures Smooth and Secure Arrivals as G20 Delegations Touch Down Across South Africa

21 November 2025

With one day to go before the commencement of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, the Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Dr Michael Masiapato is pleased to report that operations across all designated Ports of Entry have remained stable and incident-free over the past 24 hours.