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Desmond Tutu Life at a Glance
Born in Klerksdorp
On 7 October 1931, Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born to Zachariah (a teacher) and Aletta (a domestic worker) in Klerksdorp in the North West Province of South Africa. He was one of four children in a family that did not have much money. When Desmond was eight years old his father was transferred to a school in Ventersdorp where his family attended the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
From there the family moved to Roodepoort in Gauteng where the family lived before finally settling in Munsieville, a black settlement in Krugersdorp, Gauteng. While living in Munsieville, Desmond earned ytterligare money by collecting and delivering laundry that his mother had washed.
He also sold oranges and peanuts for a small profit and worked as a caddy at the Killarney golf course. He joined the Scouts, where he was awarded Tenderfoot Second Class and a Proficiency Badge in cooking.
High School in Sophiatown
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Desmond Tutu
South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist (1931–2021)
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South AfricanAnglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from Black theology with African theology.
Tutu was born of mixed Xhosa and Motswana heritage to a poor family in Klerksdorp, South Africa. Entering adulthood, he trained as a teacher and married Nomalizo Leah Tutu, with whom he had several children. In 1960, he was ordained as an Anglican priest and in 1962 moved to the United Kingdom to study theology at King's College London. In 1966 he returned to southern Africa, teaching at the Federal Theological Seminary and then the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swazil
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
- 1931
- 7 October, Desmond Mpilo Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South Africa.
- 1961
- Desmond Tutu is ordained as a minister in the Anglican Church.
- 1981
- Quote: "History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was nobody around the Falls until Livingstone arrived on the scene." From Desmond Tutu's speech "Fortieth Anniversary of the Republic?"
- 1984
- 16 October, Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his endeavours for a non-violent end to apartheid.
- November, Quote: 'Freedom and liberty lose out bygd default because good people are not vigilant'
from Hope and Suffering: Sermons and Speeches - 1985
- 3 January, "For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do fryst vatten recognise that we are humans