A G20 meeting would normally be an opportunity for a U.S. secretary of state to push for support on U.S. positions.

South Africa's G20 Sous Sherpas, Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo and Advocate Nokukhanya Jele, have expressed confidence in the success of the first G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip next week's meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 countries in Cape Town, South Africa, the New York Times reported on Wednesday,

Amid tension between Washington and Pretoria, Marco Rubio has criticised the country's policies as 'anti-American'.

South Africa will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the G20 group of major economies later this week, but the chief diplomat for the world's largest economy, the U.S., is skipping it.

South Africa's G20 presidency was meant to be an opportunity to get rich, powerful nations to pay attention to poorer countries' concerns such as burgeoning inequality, crippling sovereign debt and a lack of progress in the fight against climate change.

While renewable energy is rapidly expanding across the continent, Africa continues to rely heavily on coal, oil and natural gas to meet growing demand and drive economic growth. Gas is increasingly viewed as a cleaner transitional fuel in Africa’s energy mix,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations that starts on Thursday after criticising host South Africa's policies as anti-American.