@R13 Your comments border on spam, bearing less and less relevance to the subject at hand and mostly focused at attacking other members who do not share your ANC party political views. Keep in mind - that is against what this forum stands for! STOP attacking individuals. Rather challenge their views with logical,intelligent replies (if possible). If not, I see a ban coming your way faster then you can spell ANC.
Now back to the subject at hand. No matter how one looks at the Dalailama issue, it has become clear what the ANC stands for. They have painted them self into a "international corner" no one wants to be and which is becoming more and more difficult to defend. From a South Africa point of view Dalailama should be seen as a "freedom fighter". (And a relatively peacefull one at that.) Does it ring a bell? How ironic. How embarrassing. The ANC are just as brain less in their internal politics as they are in the external. The difference is - internally only a few local "agents" notice,laugh and criticize, while externally the entire world wonder at their plain stupidity.