Bishop Desmond Tutu has not minced words to say exactly how he feels hearing that The Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to the rainbow nation to join him in celebrating his 80th birthday. In a press conference, he openly criticised the present South African Government saying it was worse than the then Aparthied Goverment. His anger and displeasure was obvious from his comments and body language and he even made some jokes about how getting visa was then and now.
The Dalai Lama whose visa application was not approved in 2009 cancelled his trip after the Visa was den ied once again. The Bishop expressed disappointment and said Foriegners should not dictate for South Africa who shuold come to the country, they should speak for themselves only. He also said of the officer in cahrge as being Economical with the truth or she simply didn't know her job. In His own words "It is unbelieveable and discourtoeus".This is not a good image concept for South Africa and it is obviously not good for the country considering how vague the reason for not approving the visa, how much the Bishop criticised the Government and being that it involved The Dalai Lama. We will have to wait to see what follows.
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