South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu could have chosen practically any car in the world when billionaire Warren Buffett offered to buy him a vehicle.
But in 2008, the archbishop picked a modest Toyota Corolla with manual transmission over the luxury BMWs and Mercedes Benz favoured by government ministers. He gave the cash left over from the U.S. investor's present to the poor.
"We hope this lesson ... by the Arch about us not being tempted by opulence, by being sensitive to the least amongst us is the takeaway people seen that car will make," Trust chairperson Mamphela Ramphele told Reuters, referring to Tutu by his nickname. The car, displayed in Cape Town, the city where the archbishop lived for most of his later life, became a symbol of Tutu's values.
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