Tag Archives: South Africa

• Drought parches southern Africa, millions faced with hunger 7 November 2019 | Andrew Meldrum This post has no comments yet

  An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger due to a severe drought that is strangling wide stretches of southern Africa. ...

• China strongly protests Tibetan leader’s visit to South Africa 9 February 2018 | Peter Fabricius This post has 3 comments

  South African officials said China did not seem to appreciate that South Africa is a democracy, where the government does not have total control. ...

• Tutu reaches Dalai Lama’s abode to meet long-time friend 18 April 2015 This post has 2 comments

  South African anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Saturday reached this north Indian hill station to meet his long-time friend and fellow Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama. ...

• Dalai Lama accuses South Africa of ‘bullying’ 2 October 2014 This post has one comment

  The Dalai Lama on Thursday accused South Africa of "bullying a simple person" after authorities there failed to give him a visa to attend a summit of Nobel peace laureates. ...

• Nobel summit cancelled in South Africa after Dalai Lama visa row 1 October 2014 | Claire Cozens This post has one comment

  A global summit of Nobel laureates has been cancelled after the event was hit by a boycott over the South Africa's refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, peace prize winner Jody Williams said. ...

• Six Nobel laureates boycott summit over Dalai Lama visa 27 September 2014 | Lawrence Bartlett This post has no comments yet

  Six Nobel peace laureates will boycott a global summit in South Africa next month after the government refused to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, a spokeswoman said Thursday. ...

• South Africa’s Zuma to respond to Dalai Lama requests 16 September 2014 This post has no comments yet

  President Jacob Zuma will respond to the 14 Nobel laureates who wrote to him asking for a South African travel visa to be granted to the Dalai Lama. ...

• Nobel Laureates urge Zuma to give Dalai Lama visa 15 September 2014 | Andrew Beatty This post has no comments yet

  Fourteen Nobel Peace Laureates have asked President Jacob Zuma to guarantee the Dalai Lama a visa to South Africa, after the Tibetan spiritual leader was forced to abandon a trip to the country. ...

• China praises South Africa over Dalai Lama visa row 5 September 2014 This post has no comments yet

  China on Friday thanked South Africa and praised its "correct position" for apparently denying a visa to Nobel Peace Prize winner and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. ...

• Dalai Lama cancels South Africa trip amid visa row 4 September 2014 | Lawrence Bartlett This post has one comment

  The Dalai Lama has cancelled a trip to South Africa for a summit of Nobel peace laureates, an aide said Thursday, reporting that Pretoria had denied him a visa in a bid to avoid angering China. ...