johannesburg : organized of a closed congress that was to have been attended by five nobel academicians in johannesburg this week said tuesday that they had cancellation it after the south african ministry denied a visa to the dalai lama . two of south africa ' s ten peace prize academicians , the divorced protestant archbishop sonny laureate and former governor f . w . von buthelezi , hated the government for giving in to pressure from china to block the tibetan spiritual teacher ' s entry into the country and stated they will offer to participate in the conference if he was not there . the executive chairman of the norwegian nobel committee , pitman lundestad , had announced he wouldn stay away .
The Peace Conference in South Africa has been canceled, giving support to the Dalai Lama.