US EditionUPDATE | SA Not Invited to First Meeting of G20
The Trump administration excluded South Africa from the G20 summit, citing policy differences and rejecting its agenda, marking the first exclusion in the bloc’s 20-year history.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump launched the US G20 presidency by wiping the South Africa-hosted website, replacing it with a black-and-white `Miami 2026` image and showing errors for South African users.
- Last month, Trump refused all US attendance at the Johannesburg summit, denouncing the post-apartheid government's treatment of the white minority, and said South Africa will not be welcome at the Doral golf club in Florida.
- The administration rejected the South African presidency's agenda, which included a `just energy transition` and debt sustainability, while the State Department said the US will prioritise three core themes.
- This would be the first time a member has been excluded in the G20's two-decade history, affecting the bloc that represents the vast majority of the global economy.
- Political context shows Trump's climate change skepticism and fossil-fuel support clash with South Africa's government denial of systemic abuse amid far-right genocide allegations against the white Afrikaner community.
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Washington, United States. Donald Trump's government inaugurated on Monday the U.S. presidency of the Group of 20 by removing from the block's website the information from the outgoing host country, South Africa, which will not be invited to the summit next year.The G20 website now only shows a black-and-white image of Trump that says “Miami 2026” and “The Best Is Yet to Come”—the title of the song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Trump boycotted t…
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