Ramaphosa hails successful US visit, delegation invited to SA explore new opportunities

By Johnathan Paoli

US President Donald Trump will attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg later this year, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Writing in his weekly newsletter on Monday, the president said Trump confirmed that he would attend the the November meeting, which would see South Africa passing the G20 presidency to the US.

In the newsletter, which focused on Ramaphosa’s high-level meetings in Washington last week, including direct talks with Trump on Wednesday, the president described the visit as a significant step forward in strengthening economic and diplomatic ties between South Africa and one of its key global partners.

“Our countries and economies are bound together in many ways. We went to Washington to establish a basis for greater economic cooperation and to address some of the challenges that have recently arisen in relations between our two countries,” the president said.

The visit was aimed at deepening economic