Now is not the time to discuss the granting of a visa allowing Nigerian preacher TB Joshua to enter South Africa, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. He was responding to a question on what government planned to do about a call to deny the man in[…]
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. The Dalai Lama was to attend a summit of Nobel peace prize winners in Cape Town next[…]
The SA Communist Party called on government on Sunday to never grant the Dalai Lama a visa to visit South Africa, following the cancellation of his trip to the country. “The SACP in fact welcomes the cancellation of this planned visit,” spokesman Alex Mashilo said in a statement. “In fact[…]
The national government is being disingenuous about the Dalai Lama’s visa application in India for entry to South Africa, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said on Friday. She said officials of the international relations department contacted the spiritual leader’s office to inform them that the South African government would[…]
The Dalai Lama’s visa application in India for entry to South Africa is a closed matter, and he has cancelled his trip, the international relations department said on Thursday. “The [department] has received written confirmation from the office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama in India indicating that His Holiness[…]
The Dalai Lama has again been refused entry to South Africa, this time for the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the Cape Times reported on Thursday. The Dalai Lama’s representative in South Africa Nangsa Choedon said officials from the department of international relations had phoned her office in[…]
Western Cape economic opportunities MEC Alan Winde plans to petition Parliament to suspend the new visa regulations due to come into effect on October 1. “I will be petitioning Parliament to urgently intervene in suspending these regulations until such time as a regulatory impact assessment has been completed and a[…]
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