Overview
- President Donald Trump said South Africa will not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20 summit in Miami and announced an immediate stop to U.S. payments and subsidies to the country.
- Trump cited South Africa’s refusal to hand over the G20 presidency at the Johannesburg closing ceremony and repeated discredited claims of a 'white genocide' against Afrikaners.
- South Africa’s presidency called the decision 'regrettable' and said the official G20 instruments were handed to a U.S. embassy representative later at its foreign ministry in Pretoria.
- Pretoria says it remains a full G20 member and intends to participate in 2026, with Deputy President Paul Mashatile noting attendance could hinge on whether the U.S. grants visas.
- The U.S. boycotted the Johannesburg summit, a leaders’ declaration was adopted without U.S. endorsement, and Washington has now assumed the rotating G20 presidency after a low‑key transfer.