Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Wednesday criticised the government for allegedly refusing a visa to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

“I am ashamed to call this lickspittle bunch my government,” he said in a statement.

Last month it was reported that the Dalai Lama had again been refused entry to the country, this time for the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates to be held in Cape Town from October 13 to October 15.

It was the third time in five years the Dalai Lama could not secure a visa to enter South Africa.

Tutu said he could not “believe that the South African government could shoot itself in the same foot thrice over.

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