As we noted before, South Africa has long ceased being the "Rainbow Nation" and now looks increasingly like just another corrupt African nation.
This view was reinforced, when the South African government refused a visa to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
How any 'democratic nation' could allow Chinese pressure, stop a visit by a Nobel Laureate, and which was being made at the invitation of South Africa's three Nobel Winners (De Klerk, Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu), is something that only they are able to justify.
The visa had been declined, because the Dalai Lama's presence "would not be in the best interests of South Africa at this time", according to government spokesman Thabo Masebe.
They have fallen a long way since Mandela was President .... the conference was called off.
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Monday, 30 March 2009
Rainbow Nation bows to Chinese Power
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