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.
“About this time next year, the UK will be taking over the G20 presidency. We will be able to engage meaningfully and substantively over what really matters to the rest of the world. For now, we will take a commercial break until we resume normal programming,” Ramaphosa spokesman Vincent Magwenya wrote on social media.
South Africa may indeed be sidelined from the G20 for at least a year, but not because Ramaphosa wants a break. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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