When Mandela was in jail and the majority of South Africans repressed, the ANC appealed for help from the international community.
Here you have a counterpart ot Mandela, who represents a people that have also struggled to liberate themselves, and it turns out $ speaks louder than words, or morals, or loyalty, or Struggle Legacy. I have a vision of South Africa quickly devolving into a corrupt basket case of mobs and moguls. The good news is the brewing us-vs-them confrontation can finally faceoff and be resolved (but probably violently). If justice isn't served now, it will be, later, as just desserts. Meanwhile, I have a feeling Mugabe is holding Zuma's back and vice versa, and crony's cover for one another in the great Money and land Grab. In this economic climate, good luck with that.
"There are relations between countries that have specific protocol and certain things to be respected in one form or the other," he said.
"As I understand it they are not saying that the Dalai Lama cannot come to South Africa. I think they are saying March, the month March, is a serious month between the Dalai Lama and China in a very specific way," he said.
Zuma added that there were a number of countries who refused the Dalai Lama entry in March.
Zuma also came out in defence of former president Thabo Mbeki’s approach on Zimbabwe.
South Africa was widely criticised for its "quiet diplomacy" stance on its troubled neighbour.
Zuma said that approaches followed by other countries had not worked in tackling the Zimbabwean crisis.
"No one could offer a better alternative," he said.
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