Lobbyists Urge US to Sanction Errant South African Officials

South African lobby groups who say they represent the interests of White Afrikaners urged the Trump administration to censure senior members of the nation’s biggest political party implicated in a judicial probe into state graft.

Leaders from AfriForum and Solidarity met senior US officials in Washington this week and presented them with the names of African National Congress members who they said should be sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act. The law enables the US to target foreign officials who are party to corruption and human-rights violations.