From Africa Report- ("lickspittle"?)South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lashed out at President Jacob Zuma's government for turning down Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visa application.
Tutu, a retired bishop of the Anglican Church accused the government of 'groveling' to China' by blocking the Dalai Lama's visit for the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates that was scheduled for Cape Town.
"I am ashamed to call this lickspittle bunch my government," he said in a statement.
This follows reports that a high profile Nobel Peace Prize event in Cape Town has been cancelled after the visa snub.
http://www.theafricareport.com/Southern-Africa/mandela-nobel-prize-event-canceled-over-dalai-lama-visa-row.html
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