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2026-09-16 23:00:12
[South Africa Expresses Concern Over US Visa Restrictions Based on "Racial Discrimination"] South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation issued a statement on the 16th expressing concern over the recent US announcement of new visa restrictions targeting South African personnel, stating that the US has misinterpreted South African domestic policy. South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola said in the statement that the US measures once again cater to the erroneous portrayals of South African domestic policy by certain groups that falsely depict themselves as representatives of South Africa's "minority groups" and Afrikaans. He said that as a sovereign nation, South Africa has the right to enact laws to address the problems caused by centuries of racial injustice. (Xinhua)
