Tutu's words return to bite ANC

08 August 2016 - 14:36 By TMG Digital

Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu's fiery warning to the government in 2011 about complacency - after the Dalai Lama failed to secure a visa and cancelled his trip to South Africa - returned to sting the ruling party at the weekend. Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu's fiery warning to the government in 2011 about complacency - after the Dalai Lama failed to secure a visa and cancelled his trip to South Africa - returned to sting the ruling party at the weekend. Former Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary‚ Zwelinzima Vavi‚ reminded the electorate about Tutu’s words‚ in a tweet as the final election results rolled in on Saturday."Today I remember this warning so well‚" said Vavi in a post that has been retweeted nearly 2000 times.https://twitter.com/Zwelinzima1/status/761987346053140480 A furious Tutu said at the time‚ in a televised press conference‚ that President Jacob Zuma and his government "don’t represent me. You represent your own interest and I am warning you."I really am warning you out of love. I’m warning you like I warned the Nationalists. I am warning you. One day‚ we will start praying for the defeat of the ANC Government. You are disgraceful. I want to warn you. You are behaving in a way that is totally at variance with the things for which we stood." He said there was a time when religious leaders led the struggle against Apartheid. "Let the ANC know that they cannot airbrush us out. Let the ANC know that they have a large majority. Well‚ Mubarak had a large majority. Gadhafi had a large majority‚" said Tutu."I am warning you that we will pray as we prayed for the downfall of the Apartheid Government. We will pray for the downfall of a Government that misrepresents us. You have got a huge majority.That’s nothing. The Nationalists had a huge majority that was increasing. They bit the dust. "Watch out‚ ANC Government. Watch out. Watch out. Watch out‚" said Tutu...

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