JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Tuesday banned a Holocaust-denying, anti-gay American pastor from entering the country, after an outcry from rights groups over his characterization of gays as "sodomites" and "pedophiles."

Steven Anderson, who in 2009 infamously prayed for US President Barack Obama's death, had planned a "soul-winning" visit to South Africa at the weekend.

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