US Imposes Visa Restrictions on South Africans, Signals Further Measures
The United States has announced visa restrictions targeting South Africans it says are responsible for, or involved in implementing, policies Washington considers discriminatory. US Ambassador Brent Bozell said the restrictions are the first in a series of possible measures. The dispute centres on South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment rules, land-expropriation policy, farm attacks, political rhetoric and Pretoria’s foreign-policy ties. US officials have urged South Africa to address concerns about minority protections, compensation standards for expropriation and its relationship with countries opposed to Washington. South Africa has rejected claims that its laws discriminate against Afrikaners. It maintains that farm killings reflect the country’s broader violent-crime problem, while defending its non-aligned foreign policy and expropriation framework. The US has not stated what additional sanctions or restrictions may follow.
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