On the Screen: “Infectious” joy from two remarkable people who practiced what they preached
NILS VON KALM watches the documentary ‘Mission: Joy’…
Farewell to “our national conscience” at funeral of South Africa’s Tutu
Cape Town, South AfricaReuters President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “our moral compass and national conscience” as South Africa bade farewell at a state funeral on Saturday to a hero of the struggle against apartheid. “Our departed father was a crusader in the struggle for freedom, for justice, for equality and […]
Tears for Tutu, giant of struggle and neighbour who brought round groceries
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Mourners held a candlelight prayer ceremony outside the Soweto home of late Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Wednesday, weeping over the memory not only of a world-renowned lion of the anti-apartheid movement but of a kind and loyal neighbour. Tutu, who died at 90 on Sunday, lived for a while on the same […]
Updated: Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s ‘moral compass’, dies at 90
Updated: 8.30am (AEDT)Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid who was revered as his nation’s conscience by both Black and white, died on Sunday aged 90. Tutu won the Nobel prize in 1984 in recognition of his non-violent opposition to white minority rule. […]
South Africa celebrates Archbishop Tutu as he turns 90
Cape Town, South AfricaReuters Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, turned 90 on Thursday, celebrating his birthday with a low-key church service at Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral. Tutu, who has struggled with ill health in recent years, is often hailed as South Africa’s moral […]
South Africa’s Desmond Tutu turns 90 amid new racist slur
Cape Town, South AfricaAP 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, Tutu was a key campaigner against South Africa’s previous brutal system of oppression against […]
London, New York mayors urge cities to divest from fossil fuels
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The mayors of New York City and London have urged other cities to divest their pension funds from fossil fuel producers, as they introduced a toolkit to help cities shift investments away from companies that drive climate change. New York City said in January, 2018, that over five years it would […]