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As world leaders descend on Johannesburg this weekend for the first-ever G20 Summit on African soil, South Africa is seizing the moment to demand fairer global rules on debt, climate and trade. But with boycotts, protests and traffic chaos in the mix, will it deliver real change – or just more hot air?

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As world leaders descend on Johannesburg this weekend for the first-ever G20 Summit on African soil, South Africa is seizing the moment to demand fairer global rules on debt, climate and trade. But with boycotts, protests and traffic chaos in the mix, will it deliver real change – or just more hot air?

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G20 explained: Who’s coming, what’s at stake, and what SA wants

As world leaders descend on Johannesburg this weekend for the first-ever G20 Summit on African soil, South Africa is seizing the moment to demand fairer global rules on debt, climate and trade. But with boycotts, protests and traffic chaos in the mix, will it deliver real change – or just more hot air?

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