The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has expressed his profound sadness upon hearing the news of the passing of South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, State House said on Sunday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid and human rights activist, died on Sunday at the age of 90. Ramkalawan paid tribute to the commitment, hard work […]
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I find myself profoundly saddened by the departure of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and simultaneously in celebration of his rich legacy. Amid these mixed emotions, I mourn the loss of a brother, my loyal friend and my spiritual leader. Arch is the last of an extraordinarily outstanding generation of leaders that Africa birthed and gifted to […]
The Government will set up a Biobank where DNA samples for all exhumed victims will be kept for future matching with potential relatives for easy identification. This will happen when the new policy on the management of post conflict mass graves and human remains is passed. Speaking during a consultative meeting in Bindura recently, the […]
Shahid Hafed — The Association of the Families of Sahrawi Prisoners and Disappeared and the Committee of the Mothers of the 15 Sahrawi abductees, has called in a joint statement, the United Nations to put pressure on the regime of the Moroccan occupier, in order to reveal the fate of these young people since the […]
Mr Tutu died Sunday at the Oasis Frail Care Center in Cape Town, South Africa. Tributes have begun to pour in for the late Desmond Tutu who passed away Sunday morning in Cape Town. Mr Tutu died at the Oasis Frail Care Center in Cape Town, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Trust said in a statement […]
The passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of South Africa’s leading anti-aparthied heroes, is an enormous loss to the global community. He was widely known for speaking fearlessly against the ills of society everywhere in the world, not just in South Africa. He was indeed a true advocate of social justice. I fondly recall his […]
Addis Ababa — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today has expressed sadness at the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Archbishop Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, passed away on Sunday in Cape Town at the age of 90. Prime Minister Abiy has extended condolences to the people and government […]
PRESIDENT Hage Geingob on Sunday conveyed condolences to the people of South Africa following the passing away of the anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, archbishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu passed away in Cape Town early on Sunday morning at the age of 90. “On behalf of the people and the government of the Republic […]
The international community has expressed their condolences following the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Tutu who celebrated his 90th birthday on 7 October, passed away on Sunday. In a tweet, the United States of America Embassy in South Africa conveyed its condolences “On behalf of the U.S. Mission to South Africa, we extend our […]
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the respect and love of millions of South Africans and the world. He carved out a permanent place in their hearts and minds, becoming known affectionately as “The Arch”. When South Africans woke up on the morning of 7 April, […]
Desmond Tutu was a teacher, preacher, ‘public enemy number one’, Nobel Peace laureate, mediator and conciliator who proved in the course of a long and caring life that he was a man for all seasons. Desmond Mpilo Tutu, who died on 26 December at the age of 90, was the most visible face of the […]
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Africa: Tutu Took Love to Its Limits
As the confessor-in-chief of South Africa’s transition to democracy, the archbishop upheld a vision of political justice rooted in atonement and empathy, rather than action and accountability. Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be remembered as an architect of South African democracy, despite being neither a party negotiator nor an author of the post-apartheid constitution. His conviction […]
Foundation Saddened by passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu From: Nelson Mandela Foundation Date of publication: 26 December 2021 The loss of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu is immeasurable. He was larger than life, and for so many in South Africa and around the world his life has been a blessing. His contributions to struggles against […]
One of Bush Radio programmes called Children Radio Education Workshop, The (CREW) had a chance to speak to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu. LISTEN HERE Talking about when he was first diagnosed with cancer to how he became the Archbishop, the Nobel Prize and the issues that are faced by young people the chat was facilitated […]
Thousands of people have rallied in the capital to denounce the October military takeover, which upended Sudan’s planned transition to democratic rule. Sudanese security forces in the capital of Khartoum on Saturday fired tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators protesting against military rule. Protesters reached the vicinity of the presidential palace for the second […]
Cape Town — Desmond Tutu lived his life with passion, courage, faith and deep insight, but it was a life lived against the odds. Sickly at birth, as an infant he survived polio, which left him with a permanently weakened right hand. As a teenager he suffered tuberculosis, which left adhesions on his lungs. Later […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa expresses, on behalf of all South Africans, his profound sadness at the passing today, Sunday 26 December 2021, of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu. Archbishop Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, passed away in Cape Town at the age of 90. President Ramaphosa expresses his heartfelt […]
Announcement by the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa It is with great sadness that I have to announce that our de arly beloved Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town – and the 1984 Nobel Peace laureate – Desmond Mpilo Tutu died a short […]