{"id":30056,"date":"2026-03-26T19:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30056"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:23:15","slug":"sa-president-disinvited-from-g7-summit-over-us-objections","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-disinvited-from-g7-summit-over-us-objections\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President disinvited from G7 summit over US objections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has been disinvited from attending the G7 Summit in France in June due to objections from United States (US) President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The news was first reported by the French News Agency<em> AFP<\/em> and has since been confirmed by the Presidency to the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) News.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The US had threatened to boycott the meeting if SA attended.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This follows the US boycott of SA\u2019s G20 Presidency last year amid continued strained relations between Washington and Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told SABC News that the reason they were given for the invite withdrawal was due to sustained pressure from the US, including a threat to boycott the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>France, according to Magwenya, could not risk the absence of a key member from the G7 summit, hence the withdrawal of the invitation which President Emmanuel Macron personally extended to Ramaphosa last year during the G20 summit in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the process to reset the relationship with the US was ongoing and that SA remained committed to engaging in constructive dialogue to resolve whatever disputes they have with SA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also said the bilateral relationship with France remained strong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30059,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-30056","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA President has been disinvited from attending the G7 Summit in France","published_date":"2026-03-26 19:13:03","news_description":"SA President has been disinvited from attending the G7 Summit in France","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30062,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30056\/revisions\/30062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}