G20 Summit | Update with Sherwin Bryce-Pease

This transcript from SABC News, the host broadcaster for the G20 Summit in South Africa 2025, captures live coverage from the media center at the Nazare Expo Center. Broadcasters discuss the summit's successful opening on the first day, marked by unanimous adoption of an outcome document, which has energized South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his team. The focus of the closed session on the second day (a Sunday) includes a 'fair and just future for all,' emphasizing critical minerals essential for sustainable transitions, digitization, AI, electric vehicles, and robotics. It highlights Africa's untapped potential in these resources, facing challenges like underinvestment, limited value addition, beneficiation, technology gaps, and socioeconomic/environmental issues. Discussions link critical minerals to decent work (SDG 8) and ensuring community benefits from mining for economic progress and AI inclusion. The president is scheduled to deliver a closing statement at 1 p.m., followed by leaders' departures. Bilateral talks, such as South Africa-Germany, continue. Media headlines praise the event as 'Ramaphosa's masterstroke' and a 'bloody nose for Donald Trump' due to high attendance by dignitaries despite boycott calls related to U.S. politics, affirming South Africa's leadership as the first African host. On the sidelines, protests against gender-based violence highlighted it as a global issue, while clashes occurred between police and Operation Dudula/MK Party members over protest zones, leading to injuries, rubber bullets, and charges of public violence and assault. Overall, the coverage portrays a precise, incident-free execution boosting Africa's prosperity, economic growth, and SDG momentum, with positive international reception.