Statements & Speeches

Call to Action: Towards Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Development Through Universal Social Protection Systems and Floors

"Social protection systems act as an economic multiplier and stabiliser at a household and broader level and are a means to advance gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls."
29 Jul 2025

Call to Action: Towards Voluntary and Non-Binding High-Level Principles for Combating Illicit Financial Flows

"Numerous challenges hinder progress towards sustainable and inclusive development and growth including limited and ineffective Domestic Resources Mobilisation, debt vulnerabilities, insufficient private sector investment, regulatory barriers and limited access to concessional finance including Official Development Assistance and other forms of development cooperation."
29 Jul 2025

G20 Skukuza Development Ministerial Declaration

Mobilising adequate resources from all sources, public and private, domestic and international – including for social protection – to enable sustainable development, remains critical.
28 Jul 2025

Chair’s Report on the G20 Development Working Group Skukuza Ministerial Meeting

The DWG meeting convened ministers responsible for development as well as heads of international organisations for comprehensive deliberations on key global development issues.
28 Jul 2025

Speaking Notes for CEO of DBSA Boitumelo Mosako at the Fourth G20 Development Working Group Meeting

Investing in Global Public Goods is not an act of charity, but a strategic investment in resilience, equity, and long-term global stability. It is a commitment to a future that is sustainable, inclusive, and secure for all.
21 Jul 2025

Opening Remarks by Minister in the Presidency Maropene Ramakgopa at the Fourth G20 Development Working Group Meeting

Our era is defined by shared risks – be they pandemics, climate volatility or technological disruption. Addressing these calls for a new era of cooperation. Global public goods must be treated as collective responsibilities, governed inclusively and supported equitably.
21 Jul 2025

Message of Support by DBSA CEO Boitumelo Mosako to the Fourth G20 Development Working Group Meeting

As development challenges are mounting – from high debt levels and climate change to geopolitical tensions and a lack of food, water and energy security – the DWG stands out as a critical platform for advancing a shared development agenda grounded in equity, resilience and sustainability.
20 Jul 2025

Finance Track Communiqué from the Third Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting

In light of high public debt and fiscal pressures, we recognise the need to raise long-term growth potential by pursuing growth-oriented macroeconomic policies, while building fiscal buffers, ensuring fiscal sustainability, encouraging public and private investments and undertaking productivity-enhancing reforms.
18 Jul 2025

Opening Remarks by National Treasury Director-General, Dr Duncan Pieterse, on the First Day of the G20 Finance Track meetings

While there are signs of resilience in some areas, various challenges remain: uneven growth trajectories, elevated debt levels, persistent inflationary pressures, and the complex implications of tightening financial conditions.
14 Jul 2025

L20 Statement to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers 2025

As the South African G20 Presidency rightly points out, we are living and working in an unequal world and we need to ensure decent work and decent lives.
11 Jul 2025

L20 Policy Recommendations to G20 Sherpas

The Labour 20 (L20), representing trade unions in G20 and beyond, calls for a New Social Contract to create jobs, rights, social protection, and inclusion. It recommends addressing labour rights violations and ratifying all core ILO Conventions in G20 countries.
3 Jul 2025

Remarks by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes at the DIRCO-SAIIA G20 Symposium

South Africa’s G20 presidency will have to ensure that the consequent imperative for financing for development should be rooted in the needs of the poorest.
3 Jul 2025