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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Nobel meeting postponed over Dalai Lama visa spat AFP - Wednesday, March 25 JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - - A South African peace conference involving Nobel laureates was postponed Tuesday over Pretoria's refusal to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama, angering the grandson of Nelson Mandela. ADVERTISEMENT Mandla Mandela, who helped plan the event, said the rejection of the Dalai Lama was "unfortunate" and tainted his illustrious grandfather's efforts to bring democracy to South Africa. "It's a sad day for South Africa. It's a sad day for Africa," he told reporters. Pretoria has denied accusations that it was bowing to pressure from key trading partner China. Nelson Mandela, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former president FW de Klerk, were to host the peace conference on Friday in Johannesburg, bringing together Nobel laureates from around the world. The conference was to discuss how football can fight racism and xenophobia, as South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup. Officially South Africa says it does not want a visit by the Dalai Lama to draw attention away from preparations for the World Cup, insisting that his visit has merely been "postponed." Thabo Masebe, spokesman for President Kgalema Motlanthe, said he could not say when the Tibetan spiritual leader would be allowed to visit. "We made the decision. We stand by the decision. Nothing is going to change," he told reporters. Now that the peace conference has been scuppered, the event's chairman Irvin Khoza said he did not know when it would be rescheduled. Tutu and De Klerk had earlier indicated they would withdraw from the event over the controversy, while the Nobel peace committee said it would have to withdraw its support unless the Dalai Lama was allowed to attend. "For me personally, and the role my grandfather has played in founding our democracy, together with his colleagues, this rejection by the government to not issue a visa to the Dalai Lama is really tainting our efforts of democracy," Mandla Mandela told a news conference. "I don't think that as sovereign independent country, we need to succumb to international pressures," Mandela said, adding that he had not discussed the situation with his grandfather, who at 90 rarely appears in public. South Africa's government has denied giving in to pressure from Beijing. But Chinese diplomats told local media that Beijing had urged South Africa to deny the visit or risk damaging bilateral relations. A spokesman for the Dalai Lama has also blamed Chinese pressure for the refusal. After South Africa announced its decision, China expressed appreciation for countries that shun the Dalai Lama. "All countries should respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity... and oppose Tibetan independence. We appreciate relevant countries' measures," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters in Beijing. China vehemently opposes any overseas activities by the Dalai Lama, whom it considers a separatist seeking independence for his Himalayan homeland. He denies such charges. He angered China earlier this month by marking the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising with a speech saying Chinese control had turned Tibet into a "hell on earth." After the end of apartheid, South African foreign policy had strongly focused on human rights around the world. That reputation that has been dimmed after South Africa refused to condemn Myanmar's military junta or Zimbabwe's repressive President Robert Mugabe while it held a rotating seat on the UN Security Council. 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