Let's build on fruitful G20 summit

After hosting arguably one of the most successful and best organised G20 summits in history and cementing its position as an important player in global affairs, South Africa must get down to work to fulfil its mandate as an African representative and show the gathering was not just another talkshop.

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With the United States' boycott failing to dampen the Johannesburg summit — the first on African soil — world leaders moved with speed to agree on the declaration a day earlier than anticipated, breaking with tradition in a clear sign that consensus was easier to reach. It also showed that the summit theme: solidarity, equality and sustainability, resonated with the member countries, including Russia and China, two key Brics economies whose leaders sent high-level representatives.