South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said the absence of the US at G20 was "their loss" and added that "boycott politics doesn't work". None of South Africa's political parties - including those that represent Afrikaners and the white community in general - have claimed that there is a genocide in South Africa.

In an 11th-hour request, the US embassy asked if its acting ambassador could attend the Johannesburg G20 Summit to receive the presidency from South Africa.

In advance of the G20, South Africa’s president commissioned a report on the state of economic inequality around the world. Its findings were grim.

World leaders with the Group of 20 rich and developing nations will meet this weekend in Johannesburg for the bloc’s first summit in Africa

In a symbolic finale to the G20 Social Summit, a collective declaration was formally handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

As the US steps back from the G20, India moves forward with priorities on development financing, tech governance and South–South cooperation.

The decision to have an acting ambassador attend the Group of 20 in South Africa came after the president said the United States would boycott.