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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says the latest action from Washington is based on a fundamental misrepresentation of its laws and its efforts to address the racial inequalities inherited from apartheid.
Pretoria has hit back after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new targeting people Washington says are responsible for race-based discrimination, uncompensated land seizures or incitement against minority groups.
No individuals have yet been publicly named as yet but the diplomatic dispute is widening.
The US Ambassador to Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell III, says the visa measures are only the "first step" in a series of escalating actions, while proposed legislation in the US Congress has separately sought a broader review of relations and possible sanctions against South African officials and ANC leaders.
Sherwin Bryce-Pease has the latest from New York.
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