Dr Mamphele Ramphele, acting chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Trust, said this on Sunday in reaction to the words “Ek is ‘n k****r” scrawled on the mural.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu breaks down in tears at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1997. In its final report to government almost 20 years ago, the TRC listed the Aggett case among 300 apartheid-era murders that warranted further investigation. File photo.A racist slur scribbled on a landmark mural of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in Cape Town is a sign that SA still has a long way to go towards restoring humanity.
Racism is a curse SA must escape. We have enough problems on our plate,“For this hatred to be repeated, decades later, by someone scrawling, ‘Ek is 'n k****r’, on a mural of the archbishop in central Cape Town, casts a slur on our democracy. It speaks to the work still ahead to complete the journey, his journey, to restore our humanity,” said Ramphele.“In the 1980s at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle Tutu was regularly threatened by hatemongers, including the security police.
“Despite the archbishop’s consistent advocacy for nonracialism, justice, compassion and love, because of the prominence of his position in the church and the struggle, he was widely reviled in white society. If looks could kill he would have been dead many times over, he has often said,” she added. Ramphele said this incident came at a time when the nation should be preparing to celebrate Tutu, who turns 90 on October 7.
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