Dear Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu,
I would like to convey my congratulations to you Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, the father of peace and reconciliation in this open letter.
I thank you for having being the voice of reason during the dark days of the struggle.
Where would we be if you had not made a noise way back then, inhaling the smoke of teargas and dodging bullets, burying those who have fallen?
But what was most outstanding you never called for retaliation for the masses, you preached peace begging the militant youth and angry communities not to allow the perpetrators to pull them down to their level of evil.
Arch, you risked your life confronting angry crowds pleading with them at stadiums and cemeteries during the burial of waves of blacks.
You did not feel obliged to anyone whether it was the ANC or the government you stood for peace and reconciliation.
I am not surprised of you winning the Templeton prize, if only our political leaders were willing to listen and utilise your wisdom in rebuilding the country and restore its moral direction we could be a very successful nation.
How soon they have forgotten the immense work you have done as a religious leader, how sad it is that the ANC to ignore you today, calling you by names and not heeding your advice and ill respect your reprimands.
Your comment that we as South Africans have lost our self-worth might not go down well with the ruling party, but it’s the truth.
Your plea with President Jacob Zuma to step down was a mutually compassionate plea to save our country from losing its self-worth, but again you were misinterpreted.
Like you said it’s not his lack of formal education but his lack of moral discipline that will drown us into the abbeys of a generation of loose morals.
How I pray daily that someone will one day see your worth, and use it for the betterment of our country.
You are my greatest hero and role model, your love for human life and peace nature have carried me until this day.
May God bless you
David Lucas
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