Overview
- U.S. President Donald Trump announced South Africa will not be invited to the 2026 G20 summit in Miami.
- EFF leader Julius Malema urged a complete boycott of the Miami gathering if the exclusion stands and said the party will mobilise international condemnation.
- Malema praised President Cyril Ramaphosa for a measured diplomatic response while branding Trump a modern-day Hitler.
- South Africa’s Presidency signalled a temporary pause in G20 participation and said it will not lobby other nations to boycott the summit.
- The United States had already withdrawn from this year’s Johannesburg G20 events, and Malema linked the deepening rift to South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel and its ties with BRICS partners.