据当地媒体周三报道，南非就美国驻比勒陀利亚大使在媒体采访中批评政府一事，向美方提出外交抗议。
South Africa lodged a diplomatic protest with the US ambassador to Pretoria after he criticized the government in media interviews, according to local media on Wednesday.
据开普敦新闻媒体News24援引一名美国政府官员及其他未具名消息人士的话报道，南非国际关系与合作部于周二向美国大使利奥·布伦特·博泽尔三世递交了抗议照会。
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation delivered the demarche to US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III on Tuesday, reported News24, a Cape Town-based news outlet, citing a US government official and other unidentified sources.
据News24报道，博泽尔多次指责总统西里尔·拉马福萨未能充分满足白宫提出的五项要求，这些要求是缓解两国间外交紧张局势的条件。
Bozell has repeatedly accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of failing to adequately address five demands presented by the White House as conditions for easing diplomatic tensions between the two countries, according to News24.
南非拒绝接受这些要求，认为这是对其内政的干涉，并表示其政策旨在解决种族隔离制度的遗留问题，该制度使黑人多数群体在经济上处于不利地位。
South Africa has rejected the demands as interference in its domestic affairs, saying its policies seek to address the legacy of apartheid, which left the Black majority economically disadvantaged.
博泽尔此前曾因就有争议的反种族隔离时期“杀死布尔人”口号发表言论，于三月份被召见。该口号的歌词呼吁杀死“布尔人”，这一术语在历史上与阿非利卡农民有关。
Bozell was first summoned in March over his remarks about the controversial anti-apartheid-era “Kill the Boer” chant, whose lyrics call for killing a “Boer,” a term historically associated with Afrikaner farmers.
此次最新抗议发生之际，自特朗普总统去年重返白宫以来，南非与美国的关系持续恶化。特朗普批评了比勒陀利亚的土地政策和黑人经济赋权政策。
The latest protest comes amid deteriorating relations between South Africa and the US since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year. Trump has criticized Pretoria’s land and Black economic empowerment policies.
美国正寻求让美国公司获得黑人经济赋权规则的豁免，要求停止无偿土地征收，并要求政府谴责“杀死布尔人”口号。
The US is seeking exemptions for American companies from Black economic empowerment rules, an end to land expropriation without compensation and government condemnation of the “Kill the Boer” chant.
美国还希望比勒陀利亚解决农场杀戮问题，并且不反对特朗普为声称面临种族迫害的白人阿非利卡人提供难民身份的计划。
It also wants Pretoria to address farm killings and not oppose Trump’s program to grant refugee status to white Afrikaners who say they face racial persecution.
在美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥宣布针对南非官员的签证限制后，博泽尔还警告称局势可能进一步升级。
Bozell also warned of further escalation after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions targeting South African officials.