Overview
- Lesufi reported roughly R1 billion in weekend takings from the summit, with consolidated estimates still being tallied in a R1 billion to R3 billion range.
- Most hotels and inbound flights were reported full, and tourist sites in Soweto, Magalies and Sandton were busy with visitors.
- Police made 1,799 arrests in the week before the summit and dealt with an alleged trespass attempt by Operation Dudula at the Nasrec Expo Centre.
- Officers responded to several incidents, including pickpocketing of a Vietnamese delegation with four arrests, a firearm case at the Da Vinci hotel, a robbery of a police officer at the Mercure with two arrests, and an attempted robbery of a police vehicle using a toy gun.
- Heavy rain exposed potholes and knocked out traffic signals in places as officials pledged repairs and weighed keeping an elevated police presence, with the broader post-summit service delivery timeline still unclear.