00:01The United States has announced new visa restrictions targeting foreign nationals linked to what Washington described as race-based discrimination
00:09incitement of violence and uncompensated land seizures in South Africa.
00:17U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures would apply to people responsible for or complicit in implementing
00:27policies that enable uncompensated land seizures or racial discrimination.
00:34The restrictions are not a blanket visa ban on South African citizens. Washington has not named specific individuals or said
00:45how many people could be affected.
00:47The move adds to tensions between Washington and Pretoria over land reform, racial inequality and South Africa's treatment of minority
00:55groups.
00:56South Africa says its land policies seek to address the legacy of appetite and long-standing inequalities in land ownership.
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