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NARROW ESCAPE: Centurion home of Dalai Lama’s SA representative firebombed

Peter Fabricius · Daily Maverick

Published 15 Oct 2026, 10:10 pm·just now·1 min read

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A shaken Dhundup Gyalpo describes how he nearly lost his life in a desperate scramble to escape the blaze that destroyed much of the house and office, and points to ‘larger political forces’.

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