US EditionRamaphosa Dismisses Trump’s Threat to Bar South Africa From 2026 G20 Summit
Ramaphosa dismissed US threats and highlighted South Africa's founding G20 membership and successful 2025 presidency, with nearly 600 US business leaders attending related events.
- On November 30, 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation, calling US President Donald Trump's genocide claims against Afrikaners `blatant misinformation` and `baseless and false`.
- Last week, President Donald Trump announced the US would not allow South Africa to participate in G20 programmes including the Miami leaders' summit next year, citing human-rights violations and the unfair treatment of Afrikaners.
- Ramaphosa said a sustained campaign of disinformation by groups and individuals in South Africa and the United States influenced the US stance and warned it endangers South African national interests, jobs, and relations, inviting critics to the National Dialogue.
- Earlier this week, South Africa formally handed over the G20 presidency for 2026 to the United States, and President Cyril Ramaphosa said Pretoria regrets the US absence but remains committed to dialogue with the American people.
- Nearly 600 US business leaders attended the B20 meetings, and several Western European allies defended South Africa as a founding G20 member while leaders adopted a Johannesburg declaration.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa will continue to participate "as a full, active and constructive member of the G20" to be held in 2026 in Miami
South Africa’s Ramaphosa reaffirms G20 commitment amid US boycott
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stated on Sunday, November 30, that his country would remain fully engaged in G20 activities, despite recent tensions with the United States, which will host next year's G20 meetings.
Ramaphosa Pushes Back on Trump’s Disinviting South Africa From Miami G20 Summit
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa is a founding member of the G20 and therefore a permanent participant, pushing back against threats by U.S. President Donald Trump not to invite the African nation to the 2026 G20 Summit, which will be hosted by the United States in Doral, Florida. In a Nov. 30 address to the nation upon the conclusion of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa said, “We will continue to participate as …
South Africa: U.S.' G20 Non-Participation Based On Baseless, False Allegations
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is regrettable that the United States of America, which is a founding member of the G20 and which takes over the Presidency of the G20 from South Africa in 2026, chose not to participate in the G20 Leaders' Summit and the final meetings leading up to it.
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The Economic Times‘Trump’s genocide claims untrue...’: Ramaphosa rejects US threat to bar South Africa from 2026 G20
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday (November 30) dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to exclude Pretoria from next year's G20 summit, calling the remarks "baseless" and reaffirming South Africa's status as a founding member of the group. "South Africa is and will remain a full, active and constructive member of the G20," Ramaphosa said in a broadcast, responding to Trump's comments earlier this week that his administrat…
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