The United States has announced new visa restrictions
targeting certain South African nationals involved in what it described in
“race-based discrimination and incitement of imminent violence”.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Marco Rubio, secretary
of state, said the US was “gravely concerned about racially motivated crime and
government-sponsored discrimination occurring against the Afrikaners and other
minority populations in South Africa”.
Rubio said the concerns included race-based discriminatory
legislation, threats of land expropriation without compensation, and incitement
of racial violence through dehumanising chants and slogans.
President Donald Trump’s administration has repeatedly
criticised South Africa over an alleged racial inequality targeting Afrikaners,
descendants mainly of Dutch and French settlers.
“The United States will not allow such behavior to go
unchecked,” Rubio said.
The secretary of state said the South African government had
failed to adequately address the US concerns, prompting the visa restrictions.
But South Africa has denied the allegation.
Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s foreign minister, said he
noted the announcement with “concern”, describing it as aligned with the
“mischaracterisation of South Africa’s domestic policies”.
Nearly all refugees settled in the US since last October
were South African.
Trump said resettling Afrikaners in the US would help
strengthen national security and public safety.
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