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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticized US President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, saying that “boycott politics doesn’t work.”
Trump announced that no US officials would attend the summit, citing discredited claims of persecution against white South Africans. Speaking outside parliament, Ramaphosa told reporters that the US absence is their loss and insisted the boycott would not stop the summit from proceeding.
“The United States is giving up the very important role they should play as the world’s largest economy,” Ramaphosa said, according to AFP.
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The G20 summit is scheduled for 22–23 November and will be the first time the event is hosted on African soil. Trump, in social media posts, called it a “total disgrace” that South Africa is hosting the gathering. He also suggested that South Africa should not even be part of the G20 and initially said he would send Vice President JD Vance in his place.
Over the weekend, Trump reiterated his claims, asserting that Afrikaners—descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers—are being “killed, slaughtered, and having their farms illegally seized.” He added, “No US government official will attend as long as these human rights abuses continue.”
Trump has also said that while the US is limiting refugee intake, Afrikaners would be welcome.
Ramaphosa dismissed the boycott, saying that such actions rarely achieve meaningful results, as decisions at the summit will continue to advance key issues.
South Africa currently holds the G20 presidency, responsible for setting the summit agenda, which covers major global economic matters. After this year, the US will take over the presidency.
Trump is not alone in skipping the summit; Argentinian President Javier Milei will also be absent, sending his Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno instead.
The South African government has emphasized that claims of a white genocide are “widely discredited and unsupported by reliable evidence,” noting that no white farmers have had their land confiscated without compensation.”
By: BBC
