Piet van der Merwe was stabbed to death on his farm Saturday
After the US boycott of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, President Donald Trump announced that South Africa will be barred from the 2026 G20 summit in Miami, Florida, in response to the South African government’s human rights abuses. Senator John Kennedy has introduced a bill to hold South Africa accountable for its anti-U.S. actions. A 79-year-old man was brutally killed in yet another farm attack, which the Ramaphosa government denies exist.
As reported, President Trump explained his decision on Truth Social, stating South Africa is committing “white genocide” against its own citizens, a very controversial stance in South Africa, which even many Afrikaner organizations shy away from:
“The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers. To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them. Perhaps, worst of all, the soon to be out of business New York Times and the Fake News Media won’t issue a word against this genocide. That’s why all the Liars and Pretenders of the Radical Left Media are going out of business!
At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony. Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year. South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called the statement “regrettable” and claimed the G20 Summit was “one of the most successful summits,” despite Trump, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, Javier Milei of Argentina and Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia bowing out and sending lieutenants instead:
“It is regrettable that despite the efforts and numerous attempts by President Ramaphosa and his administration to reset the diplomatic relationship with the US, President Trump continues to apply punitive measures against South Africa based on misinformation and distortions about our country.”
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA NOTES US STATEMENT ON SOUTH AFRICA’S G20 PARTICIPATION
President @CyrilRamaphosa has noted the regrettable statement by President Donald Trump on South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 meetings.
The G20 South Africa 2025 Leaders’ Summit attended by…
— The Presidency (@PresidencyZA) November 26, 2025
South African broadcaster eNews Channel Africa (eNCA) accused US President Donald Trump of “throwing another tantrum about South Africa.”
US President Donald Trump is throwing another tantrum about South Africa. And, this time President Ramaphosa is not taking it lying down. Trump posted on social media that South Africa will not be invited to the G20 Summit in Miami next year. #TheSouthAfricanMorning #DStv403… pic.twitter.com/ua8oNXYfC3
— eNCA (@eNCA) November 27, 2025
Farmer Piet van de Merwe (79) was attacked and stabbed to death on his farm near Ottosdal in Northwest Province when his son Francois, his wife Amanda and their daughter left to play golf, Maroela Media reports. Apparently Piet hat gone out to check on his son’s house next to his own when the dogs started barking, where he encountered an unknow number of burglars, who proceeded to stab the former aircraft mechanic to death in the back. Amanda discovered the body when she returned at 4:20 pm. “My dad was a quiet man who was very practical and could fix anything,” Francois said. “He never got old.”
There were three farm attacks the week before, Nov. 9 to 16.
Farm Attacks over the last week in South Africa. @afriforum pic.twitter.com/QDCjc85sBN
— Jacques Broodryk (@JacquesBroodryk) November 17, 2025
Afrikaner civil rights organization AfriForum said the diplomatic crisis with the US is “not in anyone’s interest in South Africa” and “could have been prevented” if ANC leadership had not ignored AfriForum and the Solidarity Movement’s efforts to help find solutions.
According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, ANC leaders have so far actively prevented attempts to find solutions by, among other things, inviting the Iranian ambassador to the ANC headquarters and making anti-American statements: “Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, acted directly against South Africa’s interests by publicly accusing President Donald Trump of having a ‘white supremacy’ agenda, despite his role as minister to promote international relations. Lamola disregarded the possibility of retaliation for his statements, and now we are all reaping the bitter fruits of that,” Kriel said.
Think tank Lex Libertas said South Africa faces an “urgent diplomatic crisis that requires immediate action to restore relations with the United States”:
“President Donald J. Trump’s unprecedented statement — condemning the South African government for ignoring human rights abuses and announcing the U.S. boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa — signals the most serious breakdown in bilateral relations since 1994. This deterioration is rooted in a destructive policy framework, a widespread collapse of state functions, and the growing persecution of minority communities. These factors have eroded international confidence and deepened concern over South Africa’s political direction. To reverse this trajectory, meaningful constitutional reform in favour of decentralised governance is now essential. For years, civil society organisations have warned about targeted violence, discriminatory policies such as BEE, and the state’s failure to protect vulnerable communities. The international reaction now reflects what communities in South Africa experience daily: a collapsing political order and a government unwilling to confront reality.
Lex Libertas calls on the South African government to urgently acknowledge the crisis, address human rights abuses, and abandon policies that inflame racial and social tensions. International isolation will only deepen unless meaningful reforms are made. It is for this reason that Lex Libertas has launched a Stop the Persecution campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness about the crisis in South Africa in order to increase local and international pressure for a more sustainable political dispensation, based on the promotion of self-governance for the various peoples of South Africa.”
Lex Libertas
MEDIA STATEMENT
26 November 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL RELEASE
U.S. Boycott of G20 Underscores Urgent Need for Reform in South Africahttps://t.co/Bk59knlEdA
Pretoria — The think tank and advocacy group, Lex Libertas has stated that South Africa now faces…
— Ernst Roets (@ErnstRoets) November 26, 2025
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act, which would require a full review of America’s relationship with South Africa in light of its government’s alignment with U.S. adversaries, support for Hamas and several antisemitic actions following the October 7 terror attacks:
“America’s foreign policy should always put American interests first. The South African government has chosen to cozy up to Russia and China while making shameful, antisemitic attacks against our ally Israel. This bill holds South Africa accountable and ensures our relationship is serving U.S. national security—not undermining it,” said Kennedy.
The chronically mismanaged government of South Africa has repeatedly acted against the interests of the United States and its allies, particularly by using its role on international bodies to advance outlandish anti-U.S., pro-Russia, pro-Hamas and pro-China narratives, Kennedy said.
In particular, South African officials have inflamed tensions with the United States by appointing Ebrahim Rasool, a radical official who hosted senior Hamas officials in South Africa and described President Donald Trump as “a white supremacist,” as its Ambassador to the United States. Its government has further glorified anti-Israel terrorists, blamed Israel for the October 7 terror attacks and threatened to arrest and strip the citizenship of Israeli-South Africans serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, according to Kennedy.
The South African regime has also repeatedly aligned itself with U.S. adversaries in Europe and Asia, hosting joint naval exercises with Russia and China and allowing a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship to dock on its shores. It has benefited extensively from China’s belt-and-road initiative, becoming reliant on Chinese-linked firms that the United States has restricted due to national security threats.
In response, Kennedy’s U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act would:
Require a comprehensive review of the bilateral U.S.-South Africa relationship and a certification from the President on whether South Africa undermines U.S. national security interests.
Require a classified list of South African government officials and members of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, eligible for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act.
End South Africa’s eligibility to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
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