{"id":87289,"date":"2021-12-26T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T11:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=87289"},"modified":"2021-12-26T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T11:08:42","slug":"south-africas-anti-apartheid-icon-desmond-tutu-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/south-africas-anti-apartheid-icon-desmond-tutu-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Desmond Tutu, 90, was Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa\u2019s struggle against white minority rule<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Desmond Tutu, South Africa\u2019s retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon, has died aged 90.<\/p>\n<p>Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa\u2019s struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation\u2019s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,\u201d President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He \u201cdistinguished himself as a non-sectarian, inclusive champion of universal human rights\u201d, Ramaphosa added.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">The presidency gave no details on the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and, in recent years, was hospitalised on several occasions to treat infections associated with his treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, at the age of 90, he died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town this morning,\u201d Dr Ramphela Mamphele, acting chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust and Co-ordinator of the Office of the Archbishop, said in a statement on behalf of the Tutu family.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Moral conscience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tutu is often hailed as South Africa\u2019s moral conscience and the great reconciler of a nation divided by decades of racist politics.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"2\">In 1984, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>A decade later, he witnessed the end of that regime and he chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during the segregation period.<\/p>\n<p>Tutu led numerous marches and campaigns to end apartheid from St George\u2019s front steps, and as a result it became known as the \u201cPeople\u2019s Cathedral\u201d and a powerful symbol of democracy, according to the local government.<\/p>\n<p>Tutu was a longtime friend of Nelson Mandela and lived for a time on the same street in the South African township of Soweto, Vilakazi Street, the only one in the world to host two Nobel Peace Prize winners.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"3\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Fahmida Miller, reporting from Johannesburg, said the news had been \u201cdevastating\u201d for many South Africans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a personality who had a huge role in the fight against apartheid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always tried to unite South Africa, especially during times of tensions and difficulty in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desmond Tutu, 90, was Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa\u2019s struggle against white minority rule Desmond Tutu, South Africa\u2019s retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon, has died aged 90. 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