Photos | Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu's presence on the frontlines of the anti-apartheid struggle was applauded worldwide and he continued his work as the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in a newly democratic South Africa
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town.
His presence on the frontlines of the anti-apartheid struggle was applauded throughout the world and he continued his work as the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in a newly democratic South Africa.In 1986, Tutu became the first black Archbishop of Cape Town. Photo: Gallo Images/AvusaTutu is pictured with his mother-in-law Johanna Shenxane and his wife Leah Tutu – whom he married in 1955 – in Kagiso township Krugersdorp.
The Archbishop as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission shakes the hand of the former president FW de Klerk at the TRC hearings at the Goodhope Centre in Cape Town in 1996. Photo: Gallo Images/Oryx Media Archive The Nobel peace prize laureate calms thousand of supporters of Haitian presidential candidate René Préval at the Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince on February 13 2006. Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters
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