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".
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.
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 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.
Desmond Tutu turns 80 on Friday with celebrations overshadowed by his government’s dithering on whether to allow the Dalai Lama to visit.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is still hoping to have his friend the Dalai Lama, at his 80th birthday celebrations in October. But he has few illusions.
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/ 30 September 2011
When the current state of South Africa’s democracy causes Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to feel "just a sadness", we should all be worried.
The South African foreign ministry’s excuses for dithering over entry visa for Desmond Tutu’s birthday celebrations are paper thin.
SA government denies being put under pressure to stop Tibetan spiritual leader attending Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday.
The government’s delay in deciding whether the Dalai Lama will be allowed to attend Archbishop Tutu’s birthday is causing the cleric ‘deep anxiety’.
The Springboks are an important ingredient in "the medicine" used to treat "wounded South Africans", says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
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/ 2 September 2011
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is absolutely right to ask white people to reflect on themselves and their privileges, says <b>Mark Heywood</b>.
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/ 2 September 2011
Outrage met Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s recent remark that it would be appropriate to tax white South Africans, writes <b>Samantha Vice</b>.
The Dalai Lama, previously barred from South Africa, has applied for a visa to attend activist Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday.
The <em>Sunday Independent</em> has reported that a row is brewing over a planned visit to South Africa by the Dalai Lama.
<b>Chris Roper</b> now sees that democracy has worked in South Africa. We are truly all equally stupid and greedy.
Whites, accept you benefited from apartheid; politicians, sell your pricey cars; and South Africa, be less indifferent, Archbishop Tutu has urged.
SA Cabinet ministers needed to sell their expensive cars, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said in a report on Friday.
South Africa’s literary classic <i>Jock of the Bushveld</i> has been turned into the country’s first 3D animation film featuring global celebrities.
The attacks in Norway are a grim reminder that extremism knows no national, cultural or religious bounds, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
What’s the connection between a South African Nobel Peace Prize winner, Israel, and one of America’s biggest pension funds?
US first lady Michelle Obama had a date with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Thursday — and joined a workshop teaching youth about healthy living.
HIV prevention, the mainstay of the response to the HIV epidemic, is in danger of falling off the global agenda.
The Presidency on Thursday declined to comment on Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s criticism of President Jacob Zuma and his administration.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Wednesday passed wide-ranging criticisms of President Jacob Zuma and his administration.
Violent conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa have choked the growth of literacy in the region, a major Unesco report released this week says.
Desmond Tutu and former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff have been awarded honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Desmond Tutu and other members of a group of global statesmen known as The Elders on Tuesday praised South Sudan’s landmark independence referendum.
An institute for race studies has been set up opposite the notorious Reitz residence on UFS, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.
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/ 26 January 2011
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will remain the patron of the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation.