OBITUARY | Desmond Tutu: Tenacious, charismatic, and a thorn in the National Party and ANC's side

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died at the age of 90, was a powerful, forthright voice, that irked both the Nationalist government and its successor, the African National Congress and its allies, writes Andrew Donaldson.

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