{"id":12932,"date":"2025-10-09T10:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-urges-support-for-developing-economies-at-brussels-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:05","slug":"sa-president-urges-support-for-developing-economies-at-brussels-summit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-urges-support-for-developing-economies-at-brussels-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President urges support for developing economies at Brussels Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted South Africa\u2019s (SA) ambitious infrastructure development programme designed to boost trade and attract investment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President is in Brussels, Belgium, attending the European Union\u2019s (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>In an increasingly divided world, he emphasises the need for global solidarity, urging wealthier nations to continue supporting developing economies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President\u2019s remarks come at a time when SA is seeking to strengthen its strategic ties with the EU,\u00a0its largest trade and investment partner, and establish 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":9400,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-12932","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Ramaphosa highlighted SA ambitious infrastructure development||Ramaphosa highlighted SA ambitious infrastructure development","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12932","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\/12932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18293,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12932\/revisions\/18293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=12932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}