{"id":322952,"date":"2026-01-24T11:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322952"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:43:05","slug":"south-africa-to-step-aside-from-g20-during-united-states-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322952","title":{"rendered":"South Africa to step aside from G20 during United States presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/351\/35135292.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"South African President Cyril Ramaphosa\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><strong><em>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PRETORIA, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; South Africa\u2019s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, has confirmed that the country will step back from its G20 engagements during the United States presidency of the grouping.<br><br>Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Thursday, he described the decision as a \u201ctemporary setback\u201d.<br><br>US President Donald Trump said in November that South Africa \u2013 which in 2025 became the first African country to chair the forum &#8211; would not be invited to US-hosted events.<br><br>His announcement came after months of escalated tensions between the two nations with Trump falsely claiming there was a white genocide in South Africa.<br><br>\u201cThis is not because the Americans can chase us out of the G20, but they hold an important instrument: the accreditation,\u201d Godongwana said.<br><br>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have the accreditation, you can\u2019t get into the venue, even if you are around. So they will not accredit us.\u201d<br><br>He said he believed Africa\u2019s voice would still be heard at the G20 through the African Union and that he did not think that Britain, the 2027 president, would exclude South Africa.<br><br>The country will host the WEF\u2019s special Africa summit in April next year. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; South Africa\u2019s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, has confirmed that the country will step back from its G20 engagements during the United States presidency of the grouping. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Thursday, he described the decision as a \u201ctemporary setback\u201d. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208,215,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322952"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322955,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322952\/revisions\/322955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}