The Presidency has confirmed the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on the morning of Sunday 26 December.

Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, died in Cape Town.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa.”

He had been suffering from prostate cancer.

Tributes are now coming in for the Nobel peace prize winner.

“Rest In Peace Archbishop Tutu, you were one of the last true pillars in South Africa. You never belittled anyone’s race, religion, faith or person. You spoke your mind even towards the ANC Government, yet they do not listen. Farewell and may GOD give u a special place in his Kingdom,” wrote Shavi.

RIP Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 90. A magnificently charismatic & heroic figure who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his relentless campaign against Apartheid in South Africa. Love his quote: ‘If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.’