U.S. imposes visa restrictions on certain South African nationals over land and discrimination policies

Marco Rubio said the United States will deny visas to foreign nationals in South Africa who are deemed responsible for or complicit in laws enabling uncompensated land grabs, race-based discrimination, or the provocation of imminent violence against minority groups. The measure follows the South African government's failure to address previously raised concerns. Relations between Washington and Pretoria have deteriorated since the start of Donald Trump's second term, during which the president criticized South Africa's racial-equality policies.