{"id":93075,"date":"2025-11-17T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lesufi-expects-g20-presidency-to-boost-economy"},"modified":"2025-11-17T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:32:04","slug":"lesufi-expects-g20-presidency-to-boost-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lesufi-expects-g20-presidency-to-boost-economy","title":{"rendered":"Lesufi Expects G20 Presidency to Boost Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said he expects South Africa\u2019s G20 presidency to pull in billions of rands into the economy.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa assumed the G20 presidency in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>The rotational presidency comes to an end this week when Johannesburg hosts the leaders&#8217; summit.<\/p>\n<p>While the country has been criticised for its massive spend on hosting duties, Lesufi said he expects good return on the country&#8217;s investment.<\/p>\n<p>Lesufi addressed the media on the state of readiness to host the all-important summit in the south of Johannesburg on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of the tourism figures, we&#8217;re quite excited about that. 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