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United States President Donald Trump has
announced that he will block South Africa from attending next year’s G20
summit, as relations between the two nations continue to sour.
The Group of 20 comprises 19 leading economies
plus the European Union – and, now, the African Union. Countries within the
group meet throughout the year, but an annual summit is also held, hosted by
the country holding the presidency of the group.
Trump chose to boycott this year’s G20 summit,
which was hosted by South Africa in Johannesburg last week. He has accused the
country of conducting what he calls a “white genocide” against white farmers
and communities.
The US is next in line to take the group’s
presidency and will host the G20 summit next year.
In a post earlier this month on his social
media platform, Truth Social, Trump said South Africa’s role as host of this
year’s summit, the first to be held in an African nation, was a “total
disgrace”.
“Afrikaners are being killed and slaughtered,
and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated,” Trump wrote of the
white community of people who descended from Dutch settlers and French and
German immigrants, reiterating a claim that South Africa has condemned and for
which there is no evidence.
“No US Government Official will attend as long
as these Human Rights abuses continue. I look forward to hosting the 2026 G20
in Miami, Florida!” he added.
On Wednesday, in another Truth Social post,
Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to the next G20 summit.