Johannesburg G20 Summit

The Trump administration’s exclusion of South Africa from G20 meetings comes after its recent successful hosting of the bloc’s annual leaders’ summit despite Washington’s boycott

In a national address, Ramaphosa said South Africa would attend the 2026 summit in Miami despite the US president’s suggestions otherwise

South Africa’s risk is not expulsion, which the G20’s rules do not allow, but a year of disruption that could blunt the gains of its presidency

President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that all G20 members except the US had signed the declaration

The absence of US President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin puts the spotlight squarely on President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cast the annual forum as a test of whether multilateral cooperation still matters