Donald Trump bars South Africa (SA) from the 2026 G20 summit in Miami, citing ‘white genocide’ and farm seizure claims. President Cyril Ramaphosa slammed the move as ‘regrettable’ and based on misinformation, escalating a major diplomatic rift.
Trump Blocks South Africa from 2026 Miami G20
The global forum for international economic cooperation, the G20 Summit, is facing a significant political rupture following a contentious announcement from the United States. In a move that has escalated the already strained relations between Washington and Pretoria, US President Donald Trump declared that South Africa would not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20 Summit, scheduled to be held in Miami, Florida. This decision, broadcast via the President’s social media platform, triggered an immediate and sharp rebuke from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The core of the diplomatic dispute centers on two highly contentious issues: explosive claims regarding human rights abuses against minority communities in South Africa and a perceived diplomatic slight during the recent G20 handover ceremony in Johannesburg.
President Trump’s post alleged that the South African government has deliberately failed to acknowledge or address “horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers.” He went further, asserting that white citizens were being “killed” and their farms were being “randomly taken from them” as part of a state-sanctioned policy. This narrative, often described by detractors as the “white genocide” claim, has been persistently rejected by the South African government, which maintains that violence affects all racial groups and that proposed land reform is a constitutional, not discriminatory, process.
