# US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, says the new visa restriction policy on South Africans is the first step in a series of escalatory measures that will show America’s firm resolve. The restrictions are targeting people America considers responsible for promoting race-based discrimination, inciting violence against Afrikaners and other minority groups, or enabling land expropriation without compensation. Bozell says America wants strong and lasting relations with the South African government, but so far it has shown it cares for neither.
US ambassador to SA says the time for endless dialogue has run its course following new visa restrictions