Trump South Africa visa restrictions and racial discrimination dispute
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US limits visas for South African officials over alleged anti-white discrimination
The ruling African National Congress party has disavowed the chant 'Kill the Boer.'
The US ambassador to South Africa is Leo Brent Bozell III.
South African courts have ruled that the chant 'Kill the Boer' is not meant literally and therefore not hate speech.
South Africa slams planned US visa curbs over alleged racial discrimination
South African Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola said South Africa remains committed to addressing challenges through constitutional institutions, democratic processes, and the rule of law.
South Africa passed a law in 2025 that would allow expropriation of land, including in some limited cases without compensating owners.
Rubio said the US would restrict visas for individuals responsible for or complicit in laws or policies enabling uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or incitement of imminent violence against minority ethnic or racial groups in South Africa.
Trump admin imposes visa restrictions over alleged South Africa racial discrimination and land seizures
Marco Rubio said the South African people are being failed by a government that is destroying its economy through an obsessive pursuit of racial grievance against the Afrikaner minority.
Family members of targeted individuals may also be subject to the restrictions.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February 2025 directing federal agencies to halt aid to South Africa and directing the State and Homeland Security departments to prioritize humanitarian relief for Afrikaners.