News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: SA’s high stakes G20 and whiplash from Washington

From the G20 to the B20, in this edition of The Lead you’ll learn how the contrast between US political and business positions is remarkable. Meanwhile, the City of Johannesburg applies a thick slap of lipstick to the old metro’s facade.

We start this edition of The Lead tonight with the breaking news from President Cyril Ramaphosa that Washington has done a U-turn and is now showing a willingness to participate in the G20 Summit in some form or another.

Please note, Lead listeners, the rest of this edition was recorded earlier in the day.

For the first time in Africa’s history, the G20 Summit is happening this weekend in Johannesburg, a city beset by a poisonous urban decay.
We’ll catch up with political journalist, Amanda Khoza on the G20 first, and then cross to editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson on the B-20, all next.

Later, with On This Day in SA History, a reckless, daredevil biker made headlines on this day in 2005.

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