Xinhua News Agency, Johannesburg, December 4 (Byge Zin Bowen) South African presidential spokesperson Vincent Mugwenya announced on the 4th that South Africa will not attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit to be held in Miami, United States, next year. Mugwenya posted on social media that South Africa would be "temporarily absent" during the United States' rotating G20 presidency until things return to normal. He said the UK would take over the rotating presidency of the G20 next year, at which time South Africa and other countries would have meaningful and substantive contact on key international issues of common interest. "For the time being, we will be temporarily suspending commercials until regular programming resumes," Mugwenya jokingly wrote, adding a "bitter smile" emoji at the end of his post. On the 1st of this month, the United States replaced South Africa as the rotating president of the G20. December 1stBy 2026, the United Kingdom will assume the rotating presidency.分析师此间人士认为,南非可能抵制美国担任G20轮值主席国期间的所有重大活动,包括峰会。自今年年初以来,美国和南非之间的关系一直紧张。 The United States cut off aid to South Africa, arguing that the South African government's land policies amounted to racial discrimination against whites in the country.随后他驱逐了南非大使,并缺席了11月在南非约翰内斯堡举行的G20峰会。 11月26日,美国总统特朗普在社交媒体上发文称,不会邀请南非参加明年迈阿密G20峰会。 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on the evening of 30 November and stated that South Africa will continue to participate fully in the affairs of theG20 constructively.

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