US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he won&rsquo;t attend a G20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, after Donald Trump slammed South Africa over a new land law. The president's top ally Elon Musk has long trafficked in conspiracy theories about the Black-majority government seizing White farmers' land and committing a "genocide" against them. To discuss how Pretoria found itself in Trump's sights, Jennifer Zabasajja is joined by Bloomberg&rsquo;s Deputy Managing Editor for Africa Neil Munshi - and columnist and political commentator Justice Malala. For more stories from the region, subscribe to the Next Africa newsletter<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/next-africa?sref=OOcVchU0"> here</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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