South Africa's president said on Thursday the U.S. had signalled it might change its mind and participate in the G20 summit in Johannesburg after a boycott by the Trump administration, but the White House dismissed the report as "fake news".

(Reuters) -South Africa and the European Union vowed to defend multilateralism on Thursday, ahead of the G20 summit, as they signed a partnership on critical minerals.

As South Africa’s G20 presidency places the continent’s development at the center of the global agenda, the forum offers investors an early window into policy priorities, regulatory adjustments and investment objectives expected to shape the Summit’s outcomes.

International relations and co-operation minister Ronald Lamola on Thursday set out the economic realities he said South Africa intends to confront at the G20 summit when world leaders gather in Johannesburg this weekend.

South Africa’s points of entry are ready to host global leaders who will be in the country for the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit, says Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Johannesburg from November 21 to 23 to attend the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted by South Africa, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday. This will be the fourth consecutive G20 Summit held in the Global South.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola. Naija News reports that this was done as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku,