US to Boycott G20 Over South Africa’s ‘Rights Abuses’ of Afrikaners

The move follows months of tensions over South Africa’s land seizures, alleged human rights issues, and Pretoria’s closer alignment with China and Russia.

A woman walks at the Cape Town International Convention Centre during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa in Feb. 24, 2025. Reuters/Nic Bothma

President Donald Trump said on Nov. 7 that no U.S. federal government officials will attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa on Nov. 22 and Nov. 23, accusing Pretoria of human rights abuses against white Afrikaners and illegal land seizures.

“It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.