'He was as alert as ever and to me appeared to be well on the road to recovery,' former Cape Town archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said.
Desmond Tutu during the unveiling of the Nelson Mandela statue on the balcony of Cape Town City Hall in July 2018. Picture: ANA
‘He was as alert as ever and to me appeared to be well on the road to recovery,’ former Cape Town archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said. Anti-apartheid icon and retired Cape Town archbishop Desmond Tutu appeared “in good spirits” on Thursday at the hospital where he is being treated for an infection, his successor said.
Tutu, hailed as the moral compass of the nation, was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday for a “stubborn infection”.“I found him to be in good spirits and seemingly responding well to the excellent medical care that he is receiving,” said former Cape Town archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane in a statement.Ndungane — who worked closely with Tutu before and after the end of the apartheid regime in 1994 — said he felt “buoyed” by the archbishop’s “continued zest for life”.
Tutu appeared in good health earlier this year when he met Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their baby Archie, who were visiting South Africa.
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