President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged G20 members to close ranks around multilateralism and equal participation after US President Donald Trump announced SA would not receive an invitation to participate in the 2026 G20 summit, which the US is hosting.
In a social media post on Monday, Trump repeated the discredited notion of a white genocide in South Africa as a reason behind his unilateral decision to exclude the country from the G20. It follows the conclusion of the G20 leaders summit in Johannesburg last weekend, when leaders of the worlds largest economies affirmed multilateralism and vowed to support the US for 2026.
The US chose to boycott the weekends gathering. South Africa handed over the presidency of the G20 on Monday in a low-key ceremony at the head offices of the department of international relations and co-operation Dirco.