The Dalai Lama is welcome to visit South Africa, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane said on Thursday.
The Dalai Lama has accused China of ”acting like a child” in cracking down on Tibetans and other minorities, saying it lacked moral authority.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu received a spiritual leadership award — and a gift from the Dalai Lama — at Freedom Park in Pretoria on Saturday.
Government officials, who asked not to be named, asked why SA was so determined to placate China when that country undermined SA’s economic interests.
The ANC was absent from a debate among political parties about economic policies held on Wednesday at the University of Witwatersrand.
An urgent application by the IFP leader to force the government to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama will take place on Thursday.
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi will push ahead with a court application to force the minister of home affairs to grant the Dalai Lama a visa.
The ANC seems just as reluctant to reveal its funding sources as ever. Different donors, maybe; same secrecy.
Our leaders have lost the moral high ground by refusing the Dalai Lama entry into South Africa.
A police station in a part of north-western China near Tibetan-populated areas was attacked early on Sunday, leaving two police officers hurt
China marked its inaugural Serfs’ Emancipation Day on Saturday with testimonials by Tibetans on the merits of Communist rule.
The Beijing-backed Panchen Lama addressed an international Buddhist audience in English on Saturday, as officially atheist China turned to Buddhism.
An urgent court application by Mangosuthu Buthelezi to force the home affairs minister to grant the Dalai Lama a visa has been set down for Tuesday.
Nkozasana Dlamini-Zuma’s assertion that politics and sport shouldn’t mix smacks of damage control in the wake of the Dalai Lama scandal.
ANC president Jacob Zuma says the government’s refusal of a visa to the Dalai Lama did not undermine human rights, according to a report on Friday.
The Dalai Lama could not be allowed to raise global issues on SA soil that would effect the country’s standing, Trevor Manuel said on Thursday.
Lots of salty yak butter tea and an end to beatings marked the start of the 1960s for farmer Kigya, who grew up shackled to the estate of a nobleman.
End is in sight for the health minister who dared to challenge government’s view on Tibet.
If those of us who still believe that human rights must trump realpolitik are speechless, let the Dalai Lama speak for us.
Judge Kate O’Regan has come out in support of Health Minister Barbara Hogan who spoke out against a decision to refuse the Dalai Lama entry to SA.
The Dalai Lama’s chief envoy said on Wednesday that China hurt its own bid for deeper ties with Africa by pressuring SA to bar the Tibetan leader.
The health minister’s comments about the decision to deny the Dalai Lama a visa were ”rather unfortunate”, said a government spokesperson on Wednesday
The government on Wednesday declined to comment further on Health Minister Barbara Hogan’s call for it to apologise for denying the Dalai Lama a visa.
The government’s decision to deny the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the SA Peace Conference has raised the ire of internet users and bloggers.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan has called on the government to apologise for refusing the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a peace conference.
The controversy surrounding the Dalai Lama’s attendance of the South African Peace Conference has prompted organisers to postpone the Friday event.
The Nobel committee said on Monday it would not participate in a conference unless South Africa reconsiders a decision to deny the Dalai Lama a visa.
SA did not issue a visa to the Dalai Lama because it did not want to remove attention from the World Cup preparations, said a spokesperson.
The Tibetan government-in-exile confirmed on Monday that South Africa has denied the Dalai Lama a visa, blaming ”intense pressure” from China.
China on Tuesday described comments from the Dalai Lama as ”lies” and insisted the region had enjoyed profound democratic reforms under Chinese rule.
The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday more and more Chinese were beginning to see a problem with Beijing’s rule over Tibet.
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday accused China of having killed hundreds of thousands of his people and transforming his homeland into a "hell on earth".