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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday South Africa would not receive an invitation to participate in next year’s G20 summit in Florida, after the US boycotted the leaders’ summit in Johannesburg last week.

World leaders gathered in Johannesburg on Sunday for the second day of the G20 Leaders' Summit.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has praised South Africa for its continued fight against the genocide in Gaza.

The G20 Summit ends amid ongoing diplomatic and trade tensions between Pretoria and Washington as the chairpersonship of the G20 shifts to the US.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed the war in Ukraine and situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday.

Minister of international relations and cooperation Ronald Lamola has confirmed that SA plans to hand the presidency of the G20 over to the US in the coming days, after the world’s largest economy failed to pitch for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesbur

Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed that a G20 Leaders' Summit declaration has been adopted despite the absence of the US.

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) says it is expecting protests around Nasrec, where world leaders will gather for the G20 Summit this weekend.

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French President Emmanuel Macron says the G20 cannot let the US’s absence derail its work, urging leaders to double down on co-operation as geopolitical tension, climate shocks and fragile economic conditions demand collective action.