US limits visas for South African officials over alleged anti-white discrimination
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa has not addressed US concerns over racial inequality The US has announced visa restrictions targeting people it accuses of discriminating against South Africa's white minority, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two countries.
国务卿卢比奥表示南非尚未解决美国对种族不平等的担忧 美国宣布针对被其指控歧视南非白人少数民族的人实施签证限制，这是两国之间紧张局势的最新升级。
The Trump administration has criticised South Africa over several issues, including policies aimed at addressing racial inequality that it says discriminate against Afrikaners, descendants mainly of Dutch and French settlers.
特朗普政府在多个问题上批评了南非，包括旨在解决种族不平等问题的政策，称这些政策歧视南非荷兰人，这些人主要是荷兰和法国定居者的后裔。
South Africa has repeatedly denied the claim.
南非多次否认这一说法。
South Africa's Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said he noted the announcement with "concern".
南非外交部长罗纳德·拉莫拉表示，他“关切”地注意到这一消息。
"The announcement once again, [sic] aligns with the mischaracterisation of South Africa's domestic policies by fringe groups who wrongly portray themselves as representatives of 'minorities' and Afrikaners in general," said a statement from the international relations and co-operation ministry.
国际关系与合作部的一份声明表示：“这一声明再次符合边缘团体对南非国内政策的错误描述，他们错误地将自己描绘成‘少数群体’和一般南非荷兰语人的代表。”
Announcing the restrictions on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: "The South African government has not adequately addressed the previously laid out concerns."
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥在周二宣布这些限制时表示：“南非政府没有充分解决之前提出的担忧。”
He said the visa restrictions would target those who promote "race-based discrimination, incite violence, or enable land confiscation without compensation in South Africa."
他表示，签证限制将针对那些“在南非宣扬种族歧视、煽动暴力或无偿没收土地”的人。
Rubio did not immediately name any individuals targeted by the restrictions.
卢比奥没有立即透露任何受到限制的个人的名字。
Ramaphosa struggles to mend fences with Trump Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?
拉马福萨努力修复与特朗普的关系 南非白人是否真的像特朗普所说的那样发生了种族灭绝？
Relations between the two countries have been on a downward spiral since President Donald Trump returned to office early last year, with the US leader cutting aid, expelling the South African ambassador and offering "refuge" to white South Africans fleeing "persecution."
自唐纳德·特朗普总统去年初重返办公室以来，两国关系一直呈螺旋式下降，美国领导人削减了援助，驱逐了南非大使，并向逃离“迫害”的南非白人提供“庇护”。
The South African government has repeatedly rejected allegations that it is persecuting white people or confiscating their land.
南非政府一再否认有关其迫害白人或没收他们土地的指控。
It said claims of a white genocide had been widely discredited and lacked reliable evidence.
报告称，有关白人种族灭绝的说法已被广泛质疑，并且缺乏可靠的证据。
South Africa's latest crime statistics do not indicate that white people are at a greater risk of violent crime than other racial groups.
南非最新的犯罪统计数据并未表明白人比其他种族群体面临更大的暴力犯罪风险。
Trump offered refugee status to Afrikaners last year after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law allowing the government to seize land without compensation in rare instances.
去年，在南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨签署一项法律，允许政府在极少数情况下无偿征用土地后，特朗普向南非荷兰语人提供了难民地位。
The legislation allows the state to expropriate property in the public interest and provides for circumstances in which compensation may be set at zero.
该立法允许国家为了公共利益征用财产，并规定了补偿可以为零的情况。
But it also requires authorities, in most cases, to first try to reach an agreement with property owners, and disputes can be taken to court.
但在大多数情况下，它还要求当局首先尝试与业主达成协议，争议可以诉诸法庭。
Land ownership remains a highly sensitive issue in South Africa more than three decades after the end of apartheid, under which the black majority was dispossessed of land and denied many basic rights. The government says land reform is necessary to address those historic inequalities and insists the new law does not permit arbitrary seizures.
种族隔离结束三十多年后，土地所有权在南非仍然是一个高度敏感的问题，在种族隔离制度下，大多数黑人被剥夺了土地，并被剥夺了许多基本权利。 政府表示，土地改革对于解决这些历史性的不平等问题是必要的，并坚称新法律不允许任意征用。
Most private farmland is owned by white South Africans, who make up just over 7% of the population.
大多数私人农田归南非白人所有，他们仅占南非人口的 7% 多一点。
In Wednesday's statement, South Africa's government said: "It is our sovereign right to put in place laws that address the nation's concern over centuries of racial injustice."
南非政府在周三的声明中表示：“制定法律来解决国家对几个世纪以来种族不公正问题的担忧是我们的主权权利。”
In a separate social media post on Tuesday, Rubio accused South Africa's government of pursuing "racial grievance against the Afrikaner minority" and said those responsible for what he described as injustices "have no place in the United States".
卢比奥在周二的另一篇社交媒体帖子中指责南非政府“对南非荷兰语少数群体进行种族不满”，并表示那些对他所说的不公正行为负责的人“在美国没有地位”。
He said the South African government had failed to adequately address US concerns about what Washington describes as "government-sponsored discrimination" against Afrikaners and other minorities.
他表示，南非政府未能充分解决美国对华盛顿所说的针对南非荷兰人和其他少数族裔的“政府支持的歧视”的担忧。
"The United States will not allow such behaviour to go unchecked," he added.
他补充说：“美国不会允许此类行为不受制止。”
He said the actions targeted by the policy undermined "peace, economic stability and the rule of law."
他表示，该政策针对的行动破坏了“和平、经济稳定和法治”。
The US embassy in Pretoria said Washington believed dialogue with South Africa had run its course and accused the African country of failing to demonstrate a commitment to strong bilateral relations.
美国驻比勒陀利亚大使馆表示，华盛顿相信与南非的对话已经结束，并指责非洲国家未能表现出对牢固双边关系的承诺。
It warned that the new visa restrictions were the beginning of tougher measures, adding: "This visa restriction policy is only the first step in a series of escalatory measures that will show America's firm resolve in this matter."
它警告说，新的签证限制是更严厉措施的开始，并补充说：“这项签证限制政策只是一系列升级措施的第一步，这些措施将表明美国在此事上的坚定决心。”
South Africa made efforts to soothe tensions with US, with Ramaphosa going to the White House in May last year with a large delegation that included white members of his coalition government and also famous white South African golfers.
南非为缓和与美国的紧张关系做出了努力，拉马福萨去年5月率领一个大型代表团前往白宫，其中包括其联合政府的白人成员以及著名的南非白人高尔夫球手。
But Trump ambushed the Oval Office meeting with claims that white South African farmers were being killed and "persecuted" - producing unsubstantiated evidence that has been widely discredited.
但特朗普伏击了椭圆形办公室的会议，声称南非白人农民被杀害和“迫害”——提供了未经证实的证据，这些证据已被广泛怀疑。
Further efforts by South Africa to mend the relationship have failed, with Africa's largest economy being hit in August with 30% tariffs on goods being exported to the US - the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa.
南非为修复两国关系而做出的进一步努力却以失败告终，非洲最大的经济体在8月份受到打击，对出口到美国的商品征收30%的关税——这是撒哈拉以南非洲地区最高的关税。
The latest visa restrictions are being imposed under a provision of US immigration law that allows the secretary of state to bar foreign nationals whose entry is considered potentially damaging to US foreign policy interests.
最新的签证限制是根据美国移民法的一项规定实施的，该规定允许国务卿禁止被认为可能损害美国外交政策利益的外国人入境。
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揭秘曾激怒特朗普的南非土地法 在被特朗普错误识别为“墓地”的南非道路上 种族政策或以色列——到底是什么让特朗普对南非感到愤怒？
The expelled envoy at the heart of the latest US-South Africa row Go to BBCAfrica.com, external for more news from the African continent.
被驱逐的特使是美国与南非最新争端的核心 请访问 BBCAfrica.com，了解来自非洲大陆的更多外部新闻。
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