South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90 amid new racist slur
The Hindu
Often hailed as the conscience of South Africa, Archbishop Tutu was a key campaigner against South Africa's previous brutal system of oppression against the country's Black majority
As South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90, recent racist graffiti on a portrait of the Nobel winner highlights the continuing relevance of his work for equality.
Often hailed as the conscience of South Africa, Archbishop Tutu was a key campaigner against South Africa's previous brutal system of oppression against the country's Black majority. After South Africa achieved democracy in 1994, he continued to be an outspoken proponent of reconciliation, justice and LBGT rights.
The racial insult sprayed last month on a mural of Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town is “loathsome and sad,” said Mamphela Ramphele, acting chairwoman of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Trust.