The US president has announced a halt to all payments and subsidies to South Africa amid escalating diplomatic tensions<\/p>\n
South Africa will not receive an invitation to next year\u2019s G20 summit in Florida because it is not \u201cworthy\u201d of membership \u201canywhere,\u201d US President Donald Trump has said, citing alleged abuses against white farmers and a dispute over the group\u2019s rotating leadership handover. Pretoria has called the move \u201cregrettable\u201d and \u201cbased on misinformation and distortions.\u201d
\nThis follows the 2025 G20 summit in Johannesburg, the first held on African soil, which took place despite Washington\u2019s boycott. Leaders from other major economies approved a declaration stressing climate action, debt relief for poorer nations, and global inequality \u2013 priorities set by Pretoria during its presidency. The summit closed with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa banging the gavel after rejecting Washington\u2019s proposal that a US envoy take the ceremonial handover. Pretoria later transferred the chair to Washington at a low-key ceremony on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump criticized Pretoria for refusing to hand off the G20 leadership to a US Embassy representative who attended the closing ceremony on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTherefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year,\u201d he said.
\nTrump repeated longstanding allegations that the South African government allows \u201chorrific\u201d abuses against \u201cAfrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers,\u201d claiming that \u201cthey are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them.\u201d
\nHe said Washington will halt \u201call payments and subsidies\u201d to Africa\u2019s most industrialized nation, effective immediately.
\n\u201cSouth Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
South Africa\u2019s president responded by rejecting efforts to sideline the country from the forum, saying Pretoria \u201cdoes not appreciate insults from another country about its membership and worth in participating in global platforms.\u201d
\nHe said the US chose \u201cout of its own volition\u201d to boycott the G20 summit, which other leaders hailed as one of the \u201cmost successful.\u201d
\n\u201cSouth Africa will continue to participate as a full, active and constructive member of the G20,\u201d Ramaphosa stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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