POLL | Should Ramaphosa reject US plea to hand over G20 to junior diplomat?

Tensions are escalating between South Africa and the United States ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, prompted by the US decision to boycott the event and send only its chargé d’affaires, Marc Dillard, to the handover ceremony. High-ranking South African officials have taken offense at the perceived slight of dispatching a junior diplomat, leading the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to engage the US embassy, while an insider described it as insulting but stressed a measured response. President Cyril Ramaphosa affirmed the US's right to participate in the G20 and indicated ongoing engagement to clarify their late notification, underscoring that the process is larger than any single country.