{"id":706350,"date":"2026-05-31T19:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/706350\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T19:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:23:16","slug":"south-africa-made-to-look-like-fools-over-world-cup-visa-issues-says-minister-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/706350\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa made to look like fools over World Cup visa issues, says minister &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBxWUE5VGFpSjJWTm1qOWpXZkhkajh4aVVkR3RkbFJGaFNMcGZvc3ZzSUVoY3RtNzJQLUdwd1p4b0xEYU1KYk9lNVp1SzZYYW5PNEpiZEVfUXRPdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Africa made to look like fools over World Cup visa issues, says minister<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOazJrVnVxMG82RERVcEFZUnFWN1FDb1FZV0Z2RS1HaVA2R3hHaTZodU1VVXdlanFxOUxhVXN5Yk9HVlY5TXdDYjVNVi1PVUFBb0E3ZmdLaWJqUjZxcnNxZ2YzZ2NCVkdaM0ZzcjVhUEFjWGtPc1JRenRUaThvNU9JZ2NIME1hYk53VlBQSXJYb3AwQUtXOC1vMndfSk9MT3ZXWWNsaUFRUW5PWVQ4WkFkTHBUQ2wyVzI1YjJwdWMtdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Africa&#8217;s players to leave for FIFA World Cup on Monday after visa bungle &#8211; Gayton McKenzie<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Africa\u2019s World Cup 2026 departure delayed over Mexican visa debacle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPeldoQjZmcy1uMENIUm9jTGk2SGJmSmxOVy1teW91RTJzR1lhUDdlZ1lMWVNiUUZDdkVpbTAyZ2VwNEJRY3VaQ2JZVWtBbFFJcGJDNHZReUlTUGt4ZXhOYjdaX3hPcVItWVQxdjJFRVBkRU1NVTRlSFZEMFJZN3ZxeDVpY2ZEbzNkNVNQajl2VWo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visa issues force South Africa to delay World Cup trip: \u2018We are being made to look like fools\u2019 &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNbjB2WXhKWXVJc0NsQUdUZDAxbTlSNUJLNktVY0xpaGU0cEpURExsRERpSWN6bWxfYmlOaGY2VEZoNVBxWjdXd3NXZFY2bFJyUkpxLXNBRTlGdDFaMFZ0TS1nQVJzaVhNWkItbmt4dzZ4MHFUWG5LZnRJdFR2dDhPdUdVYVpXcE1lZ2l5a1pVZXJnQ293VzFVWVNMZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Africa delays World Cup trip on visa snarl<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;France 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa made to look like fools over World Cup visa issues, says minister&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCSouth Africa&#8217;s players to leave&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-706350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}