The United States (US) has revoked the visa of South Africa’s (SA) former International Relations Minister Doctor Naledi Pandor.
The news was first reported by Eye Witness News and while sources have confirmed the information on background, SA Broadcasting Corporation has since reached out directly to the Nelson Mandela Foundation where Pandor is Chairperson, and the US Embassy in Pretoria for further confirmation.
EWN’s report says she returned from her most recent US visit just this week.
The US decision follows a social media thread on platform X by Israel’s Embassy to SA earlier this month that flagged her most recent visit to the US and criticised her hosting of Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, for the most recent Nelson Mandela Lecture among others.
It’s unclear the impact of the thread of tweets by the Israeli Embassy’s official X handle on November 12 which flagged Pandor’s most recent engagements in the US while labelling the Pandor the public face of SA’s International Court of Justice case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
According to EWN, Pandor was granted a multi-entry visa for short-term stays in the US after she stepped away from her role in government.
–SABC–
