South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said his country will skip the 2026 G20 Summit in Florida unless Washington sends a proper invite, but he shot down any boycott strategy because that would just give Trump more room to go solo on global stuff. The Trump administration yanked the invitation over bogus claims about white farmer genocide, and Lamola pointed out how most G20 members are backing continued engagement with the US despite the drama.
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio keep pushing the discredited narrative about systematic killing of Afrikaners, even though farm murders hit all races and actual stats show around 50 to 70 yearly deaths in a country with over 20,000 total homicides. Land reform efforts target apartheid-era inequality, where white South Africans still control most farmland, and the government has never seized property without compensation.
Pretoria successfully hosted the 2025 summit despite a US boycott, and officials plan to pause G20 participation during the American presidency before jumping back in when the UK takes over.
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio keep pushing the discredited narrative about systematic killing of Afrikaners, even though farm murders hit all races and actual stats show around 50 to 70 yearly deaths in a country with over 20,000 total homicides. Land reform efforts target apartheid-era inequality, where white South Africans still control most farmland, and the government has never seized property without compensation.
Pretoria successfully hosted the 2025 summit despite a US boycott, and officials plan to pause G20 participation during the American presidency before jumping back in when the UK takes over.
