{"id":12848,"date":"2025-10-09T08:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-attends-eu-global-gateway-forum-summit-in-belgium\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:02","slug":"sa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-attends-eu-global-gateway-forum-summit-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-attends-eu-global-gateway-forum-summit-in-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President Cyril Ramaphosa attends EU Global Gateway Forum summit in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South African (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Brussels, Belgium, where he&#8217;s attending the European Union&#8217;s (EU) Global Gateway Forum a high-level summit focused on advancing global connectivity amid rising geopolitical and economic challenges.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the opening plenary, Ramaphosa highlighted SA&#8217;s ambitious infrastructure development drive aimed at expanding trade and attracting investment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He emphasised the importance of solidarity in a divided world, calling on wealthier nations to continue supporting developing economies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ramaphosa also spoke about the need for sustainable development and inclusive transformation, urging global leaders to build partnerships that empower communities and strengthen resilience.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President&#8217;s remarks come as SA\u00a0seeks to deepen its strategic ties with the EU its largest trade and investment partner and position itself as a key player in global supply chains.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UKR2s_3ltKI?si=By96MFDh7jP61vEI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12849,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-12848","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"SA President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Brussels||SA President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Brussels","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18251,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12848\/revisions\/18251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=12848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}