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kayjatta
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mansasulu
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 Posted - 25 Mar 2009 : 15:29:56
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| I don't believe the world cup is a fitting stage to air any political greviances the Dalai Lama may have with China. South Africa is acting in its 'big picture' self interest as Nations always do. In the case of the Dalai Lama, the juice is not worth the squeeze for South Africa. |
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turk
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Posted - 25 Mar 2009 : 21:37:51
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Kayjatta
How do you explain your country's support for Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and being largest trade partner of China, while you seem critical about SA's unfairness to Dalai Lama?
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diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 26 Mar 2009 : 06:16:36
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Thabo Masebe, presidential spokesman said he did not want the Dalai Lama’s visit to be a distraction at a time when South Africa was hoping to showcase its transformation from pariah apartheid state to international, multiracial role model.
The truth of the matter, however, is that the Dalai Lama is not going to South Africa as political activist for Tibet. He is going as a Nobel Laureate. The invitation was extended to all Nobel Laureates; so why singling him out for exclusion. You see the Chinese factor? Besides, this is against the spirit of multiracialism, isn’t it?
"The people of Tibet draw inspiration from the people of South Africa. The people of Tibet look up to the people of South Africa who gained freedom in 1994," Tenzing, said.
South Africa should not forget its recent history. It was just back in 1994 that they have been able to intricate themselves from the clutches of Apartheid domination. They should understand where Tibet is coming from. Tibet is still reeling under the suffocating weight of Chinese communist domination. Tibet needs the solidarity, not exclusion, of the world community today just like South Africa needed it yesterday.
"China has been building ties across Africa in recent years. Its total exports to Africa last year rose 36.3 percent from 2007 to $50.8 billion, while imports of African goods rose 54 percent to $56 billion, according to customs data reported by Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, in February.
Critics say China's investment in and aid to Africa is meant only to secure access to the continent's natural resources."
This lesson is clear from history. Part of the reason U.S., Britain and much of the Western world did not support the Mandela and the ANC struggle against apartheid was their economic ties to Apartheid South Africa. There is no need to get into the polemics of Marxist historical materialism here, but South Africa should have learned these lessons from their own experience. While no one is arguing that they should not trade with China, they have a moral obligation to open their arms to the Dalai Lama at least as a Nobel Laureate.
Already the government of South Africa is on a collision course with history. They are on the wrong side of history. Just like Jammeh (the Gambia government) and the Halifa Sallah case, the negative publicity being generated will no doubt hurt South Africa’s reputation in the world.
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