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Bishop Desmond Tutu a accusé le gouvernement sud africain d'être pire que celui de l'apartheid, après que le dalai lama a renoncé a sa visite au pays vu que pretoria ne lui a pas garantie le visa nécessaire.
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Bishop Desmond Tutu has accused the South African government of being "worse than apartheid" after the Dalai Lama cancelled a trip to the country when Pretoria failed to grant him a visa - prompting suggestions President Jacob Zuma was appeasing China, his country's biggest trading partner.
"This government, our government, is worse than the apartheid government, because at least you were expecting it with the apartheid government," Bishop Tutu said, describing anti-regime activists being denied passports at the last minute by the white racist regime.
Barely concealing his fury, Bishop Tutu repeatedly told ANC leaders to "watch out" and warned them about becoming too complacent after winning every election since 1994 with large majorities.
"Well, Mubarak had a large majority. Gaddafi had a large majority," he said, referring to toppled Arab leaders in Egypt and Libya. "One day we will start praying for the defeat of the ANC government. You are disgraceful."
ANC spokesman Ishmael Mnisi said the party was studying Bishop Tutu's comments and would respond later.
The Tibetan spiritual leader, 76, had been invited by his fellow Nobel Peace prize winner to deliver the opening lecture at the anti-apartheid leader's 80th birthday celebrations.He had planned to arrive tomorrow.
A spokesman for the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamshala, said Pretoria had acted out of fear of angering China. "We are very disappointed that a sovereign nation like South Africa would succumb to Chinese pressure. It is a great pity," said a spokesman.
South Africa had previously denied the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a 2010 peace conference also staged by Bishop Tutu along with former Presidents Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk.
At the time it admitted acting out of deference to Beijing, which has viewed the Tibetan leader as a threat since 1959 when he fled after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule.
On this occasion, the South African foreign ministry said it "was his decision" to pull out of the trip.
Since the earlier refusal, South Africa's business ties with China have only strengthened, and South Africa now exports £2.4 billion a year in minerals to feed China's booming economy.
the telegraph
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Bishop Desmond Tutu has accused the South African government of being "worse than apartheid" after the Dalai Lama cancelled a trip to the country when Pretoria failed to grant him a visa - prompting suggestions President Jacob Zuma was appeasing China, his country's biggest trading partner.
"This government, our government, is worse than the apartheid government, because at least you were expecting it with the apartheid government," Bishop Tutu said, describing anti-regime activists being denied passports at the last minute by the white racist regime.
Barely concealing his fury, Bishop Tutu repeatedly told ANC leaders to "watch out" and warned them about becoming too complacent after winning every election since 1994 with large majorities.
"Well, Mubarak had a large majority. Gaddafi had a large majority," he said, referring to toppled Arab leaders in Egypt and Libya. "One day we will start praying for the defeat of the ANC government. You are disgraceful."
ANC spokesman Ishmael Mnisi said the party was studying Bishop Tutu's comments and would respond later.
The Tibetan spiritual leader, 76, had been invited by his fellow Nobel Peace prize winner to deliver the opening lecture at the anti-apartheid leader's 80th birthday celebrations.He had planned to arrive tomorrow.
A spokesman for the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamshala, said Pretoria had acted out of fear of angering China. "We are very disappointed that a sovereign nation like South Africa would succumb to Chinese pressure. It is a great pity," said a spokesman.
South Africa had previously denied the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a 2010 peace conference also staged by Bishop Tutu along with former Presidents Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk.
At the time it admitted acting out of deference to Beijing, which has viewed the Tibetan leader as a threat since 1959 when he fled after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule.
On this occasion, the South African foreign ministry said it "was his decision" to pull out of the trip.
Since the earlier refusal, South Africa's business ties with China have only strengthened, and South Africa now exports £2.4 billion a year in minerals to feed China's booming economy.
the telegraph
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