Confusion clouds Dalai Lama�s maiden visit to Africa

Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama

Confusion continues to reign over the Dalai Lama’s August billed visit to Botswana where he is expected to speak on the concept of Ubuntu.

The event organisers maintain he has been issued a visa while government says the contrary.

Subsequent to the Foreign Affairs and International Relations ministry divorcing itself from what could be the Tibetan leader’s inaugural visit to Africa, event coordinator representing Mind & Life Institute, also one of the speakers at the upcoming conference, Donald Molosi said government has long issued the Dalai Lama with a visa. 

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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