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US visa curbs follow 30% tariffs on South Africa
BBC News··16 Sept
The United States announced visa restrictions on people it accuses of discriminating against South Africa white minority, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday. Rubio said targets include those who promote race-based discrimination, incite violence, or enable land confiscation without compensation. He did not name individuals. South Africa has repeatedly denied persecuting white citizens or seizing land arbitrarily.
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What It Means For You
- Named South African officials or activists could lose US visa access under the new restrictions.
- The US embassy in Pretoria called the policy only the first step in further measures.
- South Africa already faces 30 percent tariffs on goods exported to the US, the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa.
What's Happening
- Rubio said Pretoria had not adequately addressed earlier US concerns.
- The embassy said dialogue had run its course and accused South Africa of weak commitment to bilateral ties.
- South Africa government had not yet responded to the visa announcement in the BBC report.
The Land Law Dispute
- Trump offered refugee status to Afrikaners after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law allowing zero-compensation expropriation in rare cases.
- White South Africans make up just over 7 percent of the population and still hold most private farmland.
- South Africa says land reform addresses apartheid-era dispossession and that the law is not an arbitrary seizure tool.
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