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If ever the term "Man of God" applied then here was one great one.

Post by Richard Frost » Sun Dec 26 2021 9:28am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59793726
South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90
I remember when I was a lot younger than I am now joining a march & vigil against apartheid outside the South Africa Embassy in London
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Post by macliam » Sun Dec 26 2021 6:59pm

Not my immediate selection, but an icon of good sense at a time of extremes.
His place has been secured for a long time.
Rest well brother.
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Post by blythburgh » Mon Dec 27 2021 9:40am

Sad but not unexpected news. But his compassion, wisdom, faith will live on for a long time. He was an ANC supporter against apartheid but never shy in criticising the ANC and his friends if he thought they were taking a wrong turning.
Keep smiling because the light at the end of someone's tunnel may be you, Ron Cheneler
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