U.S ANNOUNCES VISA CURBS FOR SOME FOREIGN NATIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA. (PHOTO).
U.S announces visa curbs for some foreign nationals in South Africa Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the U.S. government was announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign nationals in South Africa. The policy targets "foreign nationals who are responsible for, or complicit in, the enactment or implementation of laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups in South Africa," Rubio said in a statement. "The South African government has not adequately addressed the previously laid out concerns," Rubio said, Reuters reported. Relations between Washington and Pretoria have soured since the start of Donald Trump's second term, with the U.S. president criticizing the country for its policies aimed at addressing racial inequality.
Jermaine Jackson,co-lead singer of global music brand,Jackson 5 and elder brother of late king of pop Michael Jackson yesterday friday confirmed readiness to participate at the star studded jazz concert being put together by the Lagos State Government in commemoration of the 2016 International Jazz Day.The concert,which is to be hosted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,will hold at the Lagos House in Alausa,Ikeja today saturday April 30 by 5pm.Jermaine,who confirmed his readiness to participate at the festival during a press conference held at the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy,Alausa,said he would be at the festival to support the government and array of international and local artist who would be performing.Jermaine,who is in Nigeria as part of activities marking the Jackson Golden Africa Tour,also disclosed plans by the Jackson 5 to establish a music academy in Nigeria to nurture and prepare the talents in Africa for global market.He said ''It's been 50 years for the Jacksons and we are bringing a team together of people who can produce a concert.I like coming here because i have a lot of questions.I was just in China and i learnt that the first dynasty that started in China came from Africa here and i had a professor in China to tell me this.That made me very proud and the world needa to know this because in our history books in America,they don't put this there,they don't want us to know this but when you travel and you have the opportunity to see things for yourself,you will realize that the history books were written by someone else and it is their version and their interpretation of what happened which is usually not the truth.We are going to give you nice compilation of songs that you know and i am jusr=t very honoured to be here because we have been kept away fro you because of the politics and we are not interested in such politics because we are people who care about people.We need to have a closer relationship with Africa-American and the rest of Africa because we have been separated for long and we can reach out to do other things.There are lots of great talents here and we want to use our 50 years experience of being in the business to teac the arts.We have in our plans to establish Jackson Academy Performing Art School and the school will have a curriculum and also will teach music,directing,filming,lightening,producing,dancing and so on.We want to get the talents here ready for the global market and i do believe that the drums and beat started from here''.One more photos below. 
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