{"id":34913,"date":"2025-12-04T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/12\/04\/south-africa-will-take-a-break-from-g20-under-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:09:00","slug":"south-africa-will-take-a-break-from-g20-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/12\/04\/south-africa-will-take-a-break-from-g20-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa will take a &#8216;break&#8217; from G20 under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s presidency joked on Thursday that the country would &#8220;take a commercial break&#8221; from the G20 while U.S. President Donald Trump leads the forum, after Trump&#8217;s administration confirmed it will not invite South Africa to participate.<br \/>The U.S. took over the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 last week, after boycotting the summit that President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted in Johannesburg.<br \/>According to Ramaphosa&#8217;s spokesperson &#8220;About this time next year, the UK will be taking over the G20 presidency. 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