Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday ⁠condemned the recent ⁠detention of U.S. officials ‍in South Africa, who it said were providing support to Afrikaners.

"Furthermore, the public release of our U.S. officials’ passport information ;is an unacceptable form ‍of harassment," the ‍State Department said in a statement.

"We call on the Government ⁠of South Africa ‍to ​take immediate action to bring this situation under control ;and ⁠hold those ‍responsible accountable," it said.



(Reporting ‍by Bhargav Acharya ;in ‍Toronto; ​Editing by Caitlin Webber)