Beware the tendency to drape Tutu’s rocky relationship with the ANC in purple mourning cloth

One can only wonder what, in his final days, Tutu might have made of what became, what has become, and what will become of his glorious revolution

31 December 2021 - 00:00

By Patrick Bulger

Archbishop Desmond Tutu had his tiffs with Mandela and Zuma, but it was the exchanges with Mbeki that cut to the heart of his criticism of the ruling party, writes Patrick Bulger.

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