A Tibetan monk has died after setting himself alight in protest against the Chinese government’s lack of religious freedom in the region.
Judgment has been reserved in the Western Cape High Court on whether it’s constitutional for government to bar the Dalai Lama entry into South Africa.
A high court application on whether it was constitutional for the government to bar the Dalai Lama entry in SA looks to be "dead in the water".
The Cape High Court will hear an application by the IFP and Cope about whether it was constitutional for the state to bar the Dalai Lama entry.
A row over a speech by the Dalai Lama has scuttled key talks between India and China as the two nations vie for power and influence in the region.
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/ 8 November 2011
Under pressure from China, Mongolia has cut short a lecture tour due to be given by the Dalai Lama in the capital’s new Buyant-Ukhaa sports complex.
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/ 4 November 2011
A Tibetan activist had burns to his legs when he set himself alight outside the Chinese embassy in India, following a wave of deadly self-immolations.
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/ 14 October 2011
The visit of deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to China two weeks ago is recognition of China’s growing footprint in Africa.
The Dalai Lama debacle is simply just another symptom of a country losing its independence.
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/ 14 October 2011
Readers weigh in on Walter Sisulu University, Dalai Lama, President Jacob Zuma and the ANC.
No other country or individual dictates South Africa’s foreign policy, President Jacob Zuma has said in the wake of the Dalai Lama visa debacle.
The rotten apples in government should not be allowed always to overshadow good ministers, says <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
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/ 11 October 2011
China has criticised the Dalai Lama for not denouncing a string of self-immolations by monks protesting for religious freedom in Tibet.
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/ 10 October 2011
Gwede Mantashe is to lead a high-level delegation to China in a visit the ANC insists has nothing to do with the Dalai Lama visa debacle.
High-ranking ANC officials visited China this week in what could be seen as the party’s unreserved support for Beijing.
The Dalai Lama has accused China’s rulers of creating a climate of fear, lies and censorship during a video link-up in Cape Town.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about Archbishop Desmond Tutu in this edited extract from <i>Tutu: The Authorised Portrait</i>.
It is a fiery, tragic indictment of the total absence of freedom of speech in Tibet and China.
The Chinese government is increasingly using economic pressure to bully foreign governments into not meeting the Dalai Lama.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe can’t grant the Dalai Lama a last-minute visa because it’s not in his line of duty, his office said.
The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre has asked the deputy president to organise a visa for the Dalai Lama, but Motlanthe’s office says it’s not up to him.
Desmond Tutu has accused SA of putting trade ties above values, saying the government’s explanations of the Dalai Lama debacle left him more upset.
Although SA says it did not actually deny the Dalai Lama a visa, Archbishop Tutu has again slammed the state for "siding with vicious oppressors".
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says South Africa was under no pressure from China, and had planned to grant the Dalai Lama a visa.
The ANC says Archbishop Tutu’s attack on the ruling party was "angry and emotional", but called on the state to explain the Dalai Lama visa fiasco.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu expressed outrage on Tuesday on the government’s failure to grant Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a visa.
SA’s foreign ministry came under fire after the Dalai Lama cancelled a trip on Tuesday because he was not granted a visa in time.
The Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to South Africa to attend Archbishop Tutu’s birthday after the state failed to grant him a visa in time.
SA doesn’t always stand up for human rights the way some of its citizens such as Archbishop Tutu do, Burma’s Dawn Aung San Suu Kyi has observed.
The state has been slammed by Cosatu for "exchanging SA’s morality for dollars or yuan", in dithering over whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa.
The Dalai Lama has still not heard whether he will be granted a visa to visit South Africa for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday.
President Jacob Zuma says he does not know whether the Dalai Lama’s South African visa will be approved, as it’s not really his department.