US EditionTrump says South Africa is not invited to next year’s G20
Trump cites South Africa's refusal to hand over G20 presidency and alleged human-rights abuses to halt $581 million in U.S. aid and bar 2026 summit attendance.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he is barring South Africa from the 2026 G20 in Miami and will stop all U.S. payments and subsidies, citing treatment of a U.S. representative.
- South Africa rejected the traditional handover to a senior U.S. Embassy representative at the Johannesburg summit, and the U.S. did not send a delegation, citing Afrikaner persecution reports.
- In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump linked the U.S. absence from the Johannesburg meeting to reports of violence against white farmers and accused farmland seizures, writing `they are killing white people`.
- The freeze on payments and subsidies takes effect immediately, signaling a potential rupture in U.S.–South Africa relations as the U.S. took over the rotating G20 presidency on Monday.
- Washington left the Johannesburg declaration unsigned and opposed South Africa's climate change agenda, while South Africa rejected the violence claims as baseless.
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Africa: Trump Says South Africa Will Not Be Invited to 2026 G20 in Miami
Nairobi -- President Donald Trump has announced that South Africa will not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20 Summit, scheduled to take place in Miami, Florida, intensifying a diplomatic standoff that has simmered for weeks following Washington's boycott of the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg.
Trump Bars South Africa From 2026 G20 Invite, Pretoria Calls Move ‘Punitive’
Trump says South Africa refused to hand over the G20 presidency after the U.S. skipped the Johannesburg summit, while South Africa says the handover happened properly at its foreign ministry because the U.S. delegation didn’t attend the closing ceremony. The dispute lands amid worsening U.S.–South Africa tensions, including Trump’s aid cuts and his repetition of […] The post Trump Bars South Africa From 2026 G20 Invite, Pretoria Calls Move ‘Puni…
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