Tutu’s influence on South Africa has been immense, offering hope for a brighter future while never shirking the responsibility of doing what is needed to achieve it
Michael Brown, a reader from Cape Town, tells how Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu taught him that a strong man can cry
For a country that is guided by ubuntu, South Africa has a record of embarrassing international blunders
Suu Kyi was once the darling of the foreign media, but her silence over the persecuted Rohingya minority has drawn widespread condemnation
The apology marks the latest backpedalling by a foreign company for offending Chinese consumers.
The Tibetan spiritual leader says Chinese President Xi Jinping was ready to discuss autonomy, but hardliners in the government were preventing this.
The Nobel Peace Laureates Summit, which was initially scheduled to take place in South Africa, has been relocated to Rome.
The Mail & Guardian sits down with Salil Shetty to discuss the country’s abuses and the new direction Amnesty International is taking.
The perception that China dictates to South Africa is unfounded, Parliament’s portfolio committee on international relations and co-operation said.
Patricia de Lille has announced that the Nobel Peace summit will be moved to another city, and says government has embarrassed the country.
The Dalai Lama has lashed out at Zuma after authorities denied the spiritual leader entry to South Africa, accusing SA of ‘bullying’ him.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Madiba’s comrades had "spat in his face" with denying the Dalai Lama a visa for the summit that was to honour Mandela.
A Cape Town summit of Nobel peace laureates has been cancelled after too many delegates pulled out over South Africa denying the Dalai Lama a visa.
Sonke Gender Justice says laureates have cancelled their trip to the country following South Africa denying the Dalai Lama a travel visa.
The presidency says Jacob Zuma will give feedback to 14 Nobel Peace laureates who have asked him to guarantee the Dalai Lama entry to SA.
Nobel Peace Laureates have asked President Jacob Zuma to guarantee the Dalai Lama entry to SA, saying a refusal could damage the image of the country.
The SA Communist Party has called on government to never grant the Dalai Lama a visa to visit South Africa.
China says it welcomes SA’s support of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, after the Dalai Lama says he was again refused entry to the country.
The international relations department said the Dalai Lama’s visa application in India for entry to South Africa is now a closed matter.
Dirco has confirmed that the Tibetan spiritual leader has applied for an SA visa, but did not comment about the status of the application.
The international relations department has confirmed that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama made a visa application for entry to SA.
The Dalai Lama, who has in the past been denied a visa for SA, is not set to go to Nelson Mandela’s memorial service or funeral, says a spokesperson.
President Jacob Zuma announced in the National Assembly that former president Nelson Mandela is responding to hospital treatment.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says he would not vote for the ANC as it is today because it needs a change in leadership.
Tibetans in a north-west part of China, which has been the focus of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule, have marked a grieved New Year.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi both said they would invite the Dalai Lama to South Africa.
The government acted unlawfully in delaying a decision on a visa application by the Dalai Lama, the Supreme Court of Appeal has held.
The Supreme Court of Appeal found it difficult to accept that a visa application for an international figure could take months to be processed.
The SCA will hear an application relating to whether it was unconstitutional and unlawful for home affairs to turn down a visa for the Dalai Lama.
Ahead of a Communist Party congress in China where a transition of power will occur, an 18-year-old Tibetan protestor has burnt himself to death.
Another Tibetan has set himself on fire while shouting slogans calling for the Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet, a London-based rights group has said.
The IFP and Cope’s application on the constitutionality of government’s decision not to grant the Dalai Lama a visa has been dismissed with costs.