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by Staff Writers
Cape Town (AFP) Oct 4, 2011
http://www.sinodaily.com/reports/Tutu_slams_SAfrica_over_Dalai_Lama_visa_row_999.html
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Tuesday the South African government was worse than its apartheid predecessor and warned he would pray for its downfall after it dithered over a visa for the Dalai Lama.
Anti-apartheid crusader Tutu invited his longtime friend and fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner to give an inaugural peace lecture as part of Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations in Cape Town this week.
But the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader cancelled his trip because he had not yet received a visa.
In response, Tutu, widely seen as South Africa's conscience keeper, called a nationally televised news conference and lambasted President Jacob Zuma.
"When we used to apply for passports from the apartheid government, we never knew until the last moment what the decision was," Tutu said.