The President announced the death of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

In a statement released on Sunday, Presidential Palace Minister Mondli Gungubele said that President Cyril Ramaphosa “expressed deep sadness on behalf of all South Africans at the death today, Sunday, the day December 26, 2021, of ‘Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu. ‘.

 

 

 

 

Archbishop Tutu, South Africa’s last Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has died in Cape Town at the age of 90. President Ramaphosa extends his sincere condolences to Mam Leah Tutu, Tutu family, Board of Trustees and the Leah Tutu Heritage Foundation, a group of alumni and Nobel laureates, with friends, comrades and associates, national and iconic spiritual leader, anti-discrimination activist Racist and global human rights activist.

Ramaphosa said: “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of mourning in our nation’s farewell to a special generation of South Africans who have left their legacy. gives us a freed SA. “Desmond Tutu was a patriot without equal; a principled and pragmatic leader who understood the biblical idea that faith without works dies.

“A man of extraordinary intelligence, upright, and invincible to the forces of the apartheid regime, he is also soft and vulnerable in his compassion for those suffered oppression, injustice and violence under the apartheid regime, and the oppressed and oppressed peoples of the whole world. “He declared, as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, that he expressed ‘the nation’s indignation at the devastation of the apartheid regime, and demonstrated in a moving and deeply about the meaning of ubuntu, of reconciliation and forgiveness”.

“He has dedicated his great academic achievements to the service of our struggle and to the cause of economic and social justice around the world” The prestigious word and context of the ceremony. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, l’Arche has established himself as a non-sectarian and inclusive advocate for global human rights.

“In her inspiring yet difficult life, Desmond Tutu triumphed over tuberculosis, the brutality of racist security forces, and the aggression of successive racist regimes. Neither the casspirs, the tear gas nor the security guard could threaten or dissuade him with his unwavering belief in our release. calculated in its inimitable, inescapable and ever-intensifying manner.

“We share this moment of profound loss with Mam Leah Tutu, the Archbishop’s confidant and source of strength and wisdom, who has made a tremendous contribution to our freedom and to the cause of death. the development of our democracy. Let us pray that Archbishop Tutu’s soul may rest in peace but his spirit will remain a sentinel for the future of our country.