79-Year-Old Stabbed to Death on Farm as Trump Bans South Africa from Next G20 in Miami, Accused of “Throwing Tantrum”

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 @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.”

— 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.

— 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.”

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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:

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