BREAKING: Archbishop and anti-apartheid veteran Desmond Tutu is dead

Archbishop and South African anti-apartheid veteran Desmond Tutu has died. He was aged 90.

He was an outspoken critic of the country’s previous brutal system of oppression against the country’s Black majority.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his campaign of non-violent opposition to South Africa’s white minority rule.

“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 Africa,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

A statement on behalf of the Tutu family described him as a man who “turned his own misfortune into a teaching opportunity to raise awareness and reduce the suffering of others.”Advertisement

It said: “He wanted the world to know that he had prostate cancer, and that the sooner it is detected the better the chance of managing it.”