Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held wide-ranging talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, with the two leaders pledging deeper strategic cooperation and a stronger collective voice for the Global South as India prepares to assume the BRICS chair in 2026.

Modi thanked Ramaphosa for South Africa’s “warm hospitality” and the “successful conduct” of the first-ever G20 Summit hosted on the African continent, acknowledging Pretoria’s effort to carry forward key outcomes of last year’s New Delhi Summit.

Recalling the shared history and anti-apartheid solidarity that define India-South Africa ties, the leaders reviewed progress across a broad spectrum of cooperation — trade and investment, food security, skill development, min

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