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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Announcement of visa restrictions follows Trump’s false claims of ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa</p><p>The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government racially discriminates against white minority Afrikaners.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/announcement-of-new-visa-restriction-policy-targeting-foreign-nationals-involved-in-race-based-discrimination/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">announcement</a> did not specify individuals who were barred from the US. Trump has spent his second term falsely claiming there is a “white genocide” in South Africa and railing against its affirmative action policies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/us-visa-restrictions-south-africans-trump-claims-anti-white-discrimination" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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