So I think by now we all know that the Dalai Lama was denied entry into SA for a peace conference or something like that and the officials that denied him a visa gave the weak excuse that at the time they didn’t want him taking attention away from the world cup (yeah right its next year)... Now the guy is actually a Nobel peace prize winner, which kind of puts him up there on the same level as Nelson Mandela. Apparently our “new” government has said that the Dalai Lama is welcome here anytime he’d like to come and visit SA. You see this is what I hate about politics, one minute they have such and such a goal and the next minute they have changed their tune completely. Stay tuned if you want to hear exactly what I think the motivation behind all this was. So basically my opinion on this whole thing is that the ANC didn’t want the Dalai Lama taking attention away from the election, or exposing any particular parties’ violations of human rights or certain parties’ support for China’s communist vibe. I mean if we are the country with the biggest appreciation for freedom then let the man have his say!
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