{"id":93277,"date":"2025-11-21T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:17:36","slug":"bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit","title":{"rendered":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit has proceeded smoothly, with no disruptions reported at South Africa&#8217;s ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, world leaders have landed on South African soil ahead of the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit taking place this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who have arrived are Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Brazilian President Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n<p>BMA spokesperson Mmemme Mogotsi confirmed that the country\u2019s ports of entry are fully secured and ready to accommodate the influx of G20 delegates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the heightened security environment, increased traveller volumes and the complex coordination required across multiple ports of entry, all arrivals were processed efficiently,&#8221; said Mogotsi. &#8220;Systems across key points of entry are fully operational, supported by BMA ICT technicians deployed strategically at OR Tambo International Airport, Lanseria International Airport, and Waterkloof Air Force Base. The dedicated G20 processing counters at these facilities are fully staffed to manage the increased volumes associated with summit arrivals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit has proceeded smoothly, with no disruptions reported at South Africa&#8217;s ports of entry. In the past 24 hours, world leaders have landed on South African soil ahead of the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-93277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summ ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summ ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-21T16:26:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-21T16:26:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\",\"name\":\"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-21T16:26:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summ ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit - South Africa","description":"The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summ ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit","og_description":"The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summ ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-11-21T16:26:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit","datePublished":"2025-11-21T16:26:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit"},"wordCount":198,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg","keywords":["South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit","name":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-21T16:26:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-21T17:17:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Border Management Authority (BMA) has confirmed that the arrival of several heads of state for the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summ ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1763732833.922931.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/bma-reports-smooth-arrival-of-world-leaders-for-g20-summit#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BMA reports smooth arrival of world leaders for G20 Summit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}