South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90 – IOTW Report

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90

Sunday, 26 December 2021, 19:49 MJA Uncategorized 17

NYP:

Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize-winning South African cleric who became the voice of the fight against the institutional segregation of apartheid, has died at the age of 90.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement Sunday.

“The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South African,” Ramaphosa said in a statement. 

“Desmond Tutu was a patriot without equal,” he said. “A leader of principle and pragmatism who gave meaning to the biblical insight that faith without works is dead.”

An unbending and vocal foe of apartheid — South Africa’s generations-old brutal regime of oppression against the Black majority — Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall. more

17 Comments on South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90

  3. One thing I’ll give him: he did stand between the maniacs wanting to massacre a lot of the South African population after the government was overthrown. He was the best of the worst.

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  12. Maybe a nice “necklace” awaits him every day in his room in hell.

    Over 80,000 whites have been murdered in S Africa since the end of apartheid. Let that sink in. That’s almost 4x the total number of blacks killed in 50 years of apartheid, most of them dying in open conflicts.

    Another classic case of communists using communism instead of the unicorns they promised after they get power. Knock me over with a feather.

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