President Emmanuel Macron arrived in South Africa on 21 November for the G20 summit, meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa and delivering a speech at Pretoria’s Freedom Park to honor French anti‑apartheid activists. He highlighted the contributions of 20 French figures, including Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Breyten Breytenbach and others, and urged remembrance of their struggle for universal freedom. The president then launched the Franco‑South African business council with Vice‑President Paul Mashatile and later dined at the French residence with cultural figures. He attended three G20 sessions on inclusive growth, resilience, and a fair future for minerals, while holding multilateral talks with the UK, Germany, Vietnam and Japan.
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