South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as 'regrettable' the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that South Africa would not be invited to take part in next year's G20 summit in Florida.

In a social media post, Trump stated that South Africa had refused to hand over the G20 presidency to a U.S. embassy representative at last week's summit in Johannesburg.

'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.'

While G20 members do not need an invitation, they may face bans through visa restrictions.

Trump boycotted the Johannesburg summit due to a widely discredited claim about violence against South Africa's white minority.

Ramaphosa indicated the U.S. was expected to participate but chose not to, although he noted that some U.S. businesses and civil society entities attended the summit.

Since the U.S. delegation was absent, he confirmed that instruments of the G20 presidency were handed over to a U.S. embassy official in South Africa.

The low-key nature of this handover appears to have aggravated Trump, who has previously expressed criticism of South African policies.

Trump has claimed that a white genocide is occurring in South Africa. On Wednesday, he further asserted that the South African government was 'killing white people' and allowing their farms to be seized indiscriminately.

The South African government has consistently countered such claims as baseless and lacking credible evidence.

Ramaphosa lamented that despite efforts to mend relations, Trump continues to impose punitive measures based on misinformation about South Africa.

In his statement, Trump asserted that South Africa had 'demonstrated to the world they were not a country worthy of membership anywhere' and announced a cessation of 'all payments and subsidies' to South Africa.

South African officials called for solidarity among G20 members to uphold the integrity of the summit and defend the rights of all member states.

The recently concluded G20 summit, noted for being the first held in Africa, resulted in a joint declaration affirming 'multilateral co-operation' on critical issues like climate change and economic inequality.

Despite objections from the U.S., the declaration reflected a commitment to collaborative global responses.

Additional reporting by Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg.