Cyril Ramaphosa

The office of President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that South Africa will take a “commercial break” from the Group of 20 (G20) forum over the coming year because the rotating precedency has passed to the United States under President Donald Trump.

The Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg, South Africa began on Saturday with an “opening declaration” despite the U.S. boycott and several other national leaders choosing not to attend.

South Africa has been preparing for a disappointing Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg this weekend that would be missing the leaders of the United States, China, Russia, Argentina, and Mexico — although President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed on Thursday that the U.S. might rescind its boycott and attend after all.

The government of South Africa will host for the first time the G20 Summit over the weekend with the United States, the group’s most powerful member, notably absent.

The Foreign Ministry of China announced on Thursday that Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, confirming that communist dictator Xi Jinping is skipping the event.

The government of South Africa on Thursday announced an investigation into how 17 of its citizens became mercenaries on the battlefields of Ukraine. The men are sending “distress signals” pleading for rescue, and their families claim they were tricked into fighting.

A South African woman was tortured on her farm by burglars who heated a kettle of boiling water and smashed it against her face, intending to do even worse before breaking the kettle and continuing to steal.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced legislation Monday to punish South Africa for its anti-American policies, creating a companion bill to House legislation introduced earlier by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX).

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a speech on August 29 in which he praised Zimbabwe’s bloody policy of “land reform,” which targeted white farmers for murder, displaced one million black farm workers, and led to a famine that starved millions more.

South Africa’s presidential spokesman told reporters Thursday that President Cyril Ramaphosa was unaware of the visit that South African National Defense Force Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya paid to Iran earlier this week.

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is trying to walk back statements by South African National Defense Force Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya on a visit to Iran.

The human rights situation in South Africa has “significantly worsened,” leading to further abuses of minorities — an issue President Donald Trump has raised — Breitbart News has learned.

South Africa has failed to prevent President Donald Trump from raising tariffs on its goods to 30% — despite an Oval Office visit from President Cyril Ramaphosa and what its diplomats say was their best efforts.

South Africa found itself one of 14 countries slapped with large tariff increases by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday as a punitive measure for lack of progress in negotiations, and now faces a 30% duty.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, for the G7 Summit, in the hopes of meeting President Donald Trump, but failed to do so before Trump returned to the United States.

“Thousands” of white South African refugees may be in the United States by the end of the summer as massive amounts of applications from Afrikaners — an ethnic minority in the country — continue to pour in, the Daily Caller reported.

Conservative author Michael Savage cited Breitbart News’ Joel Pollak this week on his Newsmax show, Savage Nation, in evaluating the question of whether there is in fact a “genocide” in South Africa.

South Africa appears to have reversed its position on Elon Musk’s Starlink, targeting the company for alleged unauthorized access by users within the country, after appearing to invite Musk to invest there last week.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended the “Kill the Boer” slogan as a “liberation chant” Tuesday, refusing U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand to arrest opposition figure Julius Malema for using it.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed that the United States should attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in November, after meeting last week.

Chief Rabbi of South Africa Warren Goldstein released a video Sunday in which he said President Donald Trump was right to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last week about genocidal rhetoric.

The anti-American BRICS coalition largely remained silent this week as the president of one of its core members, South Africa, faced a humiliating excoriation at the White House.

China’s government-run Global Times propaganda newspaper defended the government of South Africa in its coverage of President Cyril Ramaphosa visiting the White House on Thursday, claiming that President Donald Trump’s evidence of normalized genocidal sentiment against white people in the country was a “conspiracy theory.”

The South African media, which initially saw President Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday as a disaster, is now proclaiming it to have been a triumph.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to put a brave face on his meetings with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, though he appeared to admit he made little headway, even in a private meeting.

President Donald Trump’s meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa — which featured a surprise video showing radical politicians calling for the murder of white Afrikaners — was “the most important thing to happen to South Africa since apartheid ended,” Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak said in a fiery Fox News interview.

CNN international correspondent Larry Madowo claimed Wednesday on “News Central” that President Donald Trump repeated the talking points of “white supremacists in South Africa.”

South African politician Julius Malema, the leader of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, responded to President Donald Trump’s claims about “genocide” Wednesday by reiterating calls to kill white farmers.

President Donald Trump’s meeting Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa began cordially — but when Ramaphosa protested against claims of “genocide,” Trump turned on a video.

President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday, May 21.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is bringing champion golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen to the White House with him in an effort to charm President Donald Trump during their meetings on Wednesady.

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa said his goal is “a really good trade deal,” but his country is violating AGOA and he is not offering compromises Trump wants.

South Africa’s visiting delegation to the United States reportedly hopes to entice former South African Elon Musk to back a trade deal by offering him lower tariffs on Teslas in return for building charging stations.

John Steenhuisen, leader of the Democratic Alliance, an opposition party that entered a governing coalition with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), says Afrikaner refugees made a “mistake” by leaving.

CLAIM: White South Africans — members of the Afrikaner, or Boer, minority group — do not face racial discrimination or persecution by the South African government.