US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Some South African Citizens
The United States has announced new visa restrictions for certain South African citizens, citing allegations of anti-white discrimination in the country. While the U.S. administration claims the measures address concerns regarding discrimination and 'white genocide,' the South African government has publicly criticized these policies.
First reported 3 hours ago · latest update 1 hour ago
The Trump administration imposed visa restrictions on selected South Africans on Tuesday and warned that it could take further punitive actions if South African leaders did not address President Trump’s concerns over what he sees as discrimination against white people.
The visa policy expands the administration’s efforts to punish South Africa since Mr. Trump last year accused the government of seizing land from Afrikaners, a white South African minority, and allowing them to be killed in what he has labeled genocide. Claims of genocide against white South Africans are widely acknowledged as false, and President Cyril Ramaphosa has said Mr. Trump’s policies toward South Africa are racist.
The visa restrictions will prevent selected individuals from entering the United States. Under law, the government is not allowed to publicly disclose who is affected.
In a statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States remained “gravely concerned about racially motivated crime and government-sponsored discrimination occurring against the Afrikaners and other minority populations in South Africa.”
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Trump Bars Some South Africans Over Claims of Anti-White Discrimination
Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa’s president has called Mr. Trump’s policies racist.
3 hours ago · John EligonUS to bar some South Africans over claims of anti-white discrimination
Announcement of visa restrictions comes after Trump alleges ‘white genocide’ taking place in South AfricaThe US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government racially discriminates against white minority Afrikaners.The announcement did not specify individuals who were barred from the US. Trump has spent his second term falsely claiming there is a “white genocide” in South Africa and railing against its affirmative action policies. Continue reading...
1 hour ago · Rachel Savage in Johannesburg