By PETER DUBE More by this AuthorBy LYNETTE MUKAMI More by this AuthorAnti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu has passed away at 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement. The white priest had tipped his hat in a show of respect on a sidewalk during the dark days of apartheid, a gesture that left a young Tutu awestruck. Soon after leaving teaching in 1957, Archbishop Tutu enrolled at St Peter's Theological College in Rosettenville, Johannesburg. After independence, Archbishop Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was meant to heal a nation emerging from the brutal apartheid regime. “So the legacy of Desmond Tutu, he is one who brought about change without change.

Source: Daily Nation December 26, 2021 09:48 UTC