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BRICS leaders meet on the sidelines of G20

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… The meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the G20 summit, currently underway in Mexico, was attended by … Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to BRICS, the G20 conference should focus on coordinating macro-economic … economy and financing. In addition, they called on the G20 summit to adopt a development-oriented perspective, pay …

President Zuma 'satisfied' with G20 meeting

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… Zuma is "satisfied" with the progress made at this year's G20 meeting. He said international economic cooperation to … important signal to the rest of the world," said Zuma. The G20 refers to the group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's major economies. G20 countries also agreed to the Los Cabos Action Plan. The …

Presidency clarifies $2bn IMF commitment

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… the IMF. This as President Jacob Zuma attended the two-day G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. The summit concluded … Africa is a responsible global citizen. We are in the G20 to support global stabilisation and growth. We need to … Africa and contributing to a better and just world. At the G20 Summit in Cannes in November 2011, leaders agreed to …

Shipping emissions must be curbed

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… Kofi Annan and the report of the World Bank, IMF to the G20 and is up for discussion at COP17. At the Durban talks, …

President Zuma returns from Rio+20 conference

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… Prior to the Rio + 20 conference, Zuma attended the G20 Summit in Mexico. … President Zuma returns from Rio+20 …

IMF calls for greater efforts to shield Africa

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… member of the IMF, it is also an important player in the G20 process. This will be an opportunity for me to receive …

SA to participate in G20 ministerial meeting

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… financial challenges are expected to top the agenda of a G20 ministerial meeting, in which South Africa will … Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will attend the G20 Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers on Global … Ministers, to be held under the Mexican Presidency of the G20, will draw on the experience of the ministers and look at …

SA reiterates calls for reform of global institutions

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… have a voice in the global institutions. Speaking at the G20 Ministerial Meeting in Mexico, Nkoana-Mashabane said the … She said South Africa was committed to working with the G20 and like-minded countries to make a real difference in … on "inclusive green growth" for its Presidency of the G20 during 2012, while committing to ensuring that green …

SA companies put best foot forward in Brazil

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… such as IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa), the G20 and BRICS, among others. "As Brazil's economy continues …

All eyes on Addis Ababa

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… Africa on crucial powerful international fora like the G20, the UN Security Council and lately BRICS. The continent …

Nigerian Finance Minister up for World Bank top post

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… Ana Dias Lourenco began yesterday. Gordhan added that the G20 had made a decision that future processes for the …

SA calls for Madagascan leaders not to incite violence

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… had also recently contributed to the formulation of the G20 agreement to reform the IMF to include more focus on …

Hu Jintao pays Zuma courtesy call

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… and China hopes to cooperate with South Africa in the UN, G20, BRICS and other international forums to increase the …

G20 predicts modest growth in 2012

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… ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 (G20) nations expect modest growth this year as downside risks … similar document would be developed in Los Cabos where the G20 heads of state are scheduled to meet in June, it said. … bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan, the Chinese delegation said G20 members should put maintaining financial market stability …

SA, China meeting to boost relations

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… strengthen bilateral cooperation, coordination within the G20, strengthening of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and …

SA, China vow to boost strategic partnership

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… Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul and the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Los Cabos, earlier this year. As next month … the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation (WTO), G20, BRICS and BASIC, so as to promote world peace and …

SA economy improving: Gordhan

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… prospects. The minister's comments come ahead of the G20 meeting convening on Thursday and Friday, which is …

Increasing global trade critical to stimulate recovery

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… Rob Davies says. Davies' comments come ahead of the G20 ministerial meeting in Mexico, which starts today. … Davies, who arrived in Mexico on Wednesday, said that the G20 should tackle the growing threat of protectionism and … crucial for their growth and poverty reduction endeavours. G20 should foster concrete trade capacity measures to …

Brics ministers call on G20 to strengthen coordination

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… Brics trade ministers have asked their counterparts in the G20 to strengthen coordination in promoting a rigorous … Davies said. The call of the trade ministers follows the G20 trade ministerial meeting held in Mexico on Thursday and … inclusiveness and multilateralism. "We encourage all G20 economies to work constructively toward this end in …

SA pushing for BRICS Development Bank

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… South Africa will seek to use its membership of the G20 to promote and strengthen the interests of Africa and of …