G20 South Africa | SA-US tensions

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Published Nov 21, 2025

The US has warned Pretoria not to make a G20 declaration without its presence at the G20 Leaders' Summit.
The US has agreed its chargé d'affaires in Pretoria will attend the declaration handover ceremony as a formality.
But South African presidential spokseperson Vincent Magwenya said on X that President Cyril Ramaphosa will not hand over the G20 Presidency to a chargé d'affaires after the US reiterated that it would not attend any G20 discussions this weekend.
Africa's first G20 Summit will include representatives of 42 countries.
With us here in the studio is Doctor Sithembile Mbete, Executive Director of the Public Affairs Research Institute.

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