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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   Tutu: Watch out ANC govt, watch out!   
   2011-10-04 17:43   
      
   Cape Town – A visibly angry Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has slammed the   
   SA government for not granting Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a   
   visa at a press conference, in Cape Town, on Tuesday.   
      
   The Dalai Lama cancelled his planned trip to South Africa to spare the SA   
   government any further inconvenience, his office said.   
      
   He was invited to attend the birthday celebrations of Tutu, a friend and   
   fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner.   
      
   “Wake me up and tell this is actually happening here [in SA]. This is quite   
   unbelievable,” Tutu said.   
      
   "Our government is worse than the apartheid government, because at least you   
   were expecting it from the apartheid government," said Tutu.   
      
   "But our government, we were expecting more [that] we would have a government   
   that was sensitive to the sentiments of our Constitution."   
      
   "Clearly, whether they say so or not, they were quite determined that they are   
   not going to do anything that would upset the Chinese," Tutu said.   
      
   “May I just remind you – the minister of international relations and   
   co-operation [Maite Nkoana-Mashabane] two years ago said the Dalai Lama can   
   come anytime.   
      
   “She was being very, very, economical with the truth or she didn’t know her   
   work.”   
      
   “I am warning you, watch out! Watch out!” he angrily said to the ANC   
   government.   
      
   "Hey Mr Zuma, you and your government don't represent me. You represent your   
   own interests. I am warning you out of love.   
      
   “One day we will be praying for the defeat of the ANC government. You are   
   disgraceful. You have bought a huge majority – that is nothing. Watch out ANC   
   government watch out.”   
      
   The Dalai Lama's cancellation of his trip was a "dark day" for South Africa,   
   the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre said earlier.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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