By Ed Malik, A | ed@ddnewsonline.com | posted 7th february, 2025
“South Africa is doing very bad things”.
With that statement, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he will not be attending the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, citing concerns over the country’s actions, including the expropriation of private property.
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He further criticized South Africa’s government’s use of the G20 platform to promote “solidarity, equality, and sustainability” to promote “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and climate change, two among other policies that US President Donald Trump has cancelled through Executive Order (EO).
Sharing a post on X, Rubio said, “I will not attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote “solidarity, equality, & sustainability.” In other words: DEI and climate change.”
Rubio emphasised that his primary responsibility is to safeguard America’s national interests
He added, “My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.”
The G20 comprises 19 countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkiye, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
The G20 members include the world’s major economies, representing 85 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product, over 75 per cent of international trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.
Notably, South Africa assumed the G20 Presidency from December 1, 2024, through to November 2025.
The G20 Presidency rotates annually among the members and is selected from a different regional grouping of countries. The 19-member countries are therefore divided into five groups comprising a maximum of four countries each.
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Most of the groups are formed on a regional basis, that is countries from the same region are usually put in the same group. Only Group 1 (Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia and the United States) and Group 2 (India, Russia, South Africa and Turkiye) do not follow this pattern.
Group 3 includes Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico; Group 4 includes France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom; and Group 5 includes China, Indonesia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
NOTE: SyndiGate Media referenced.