The outspoken Tutu was considered the nation's conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa s struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday at the age of 90..
Tutu preached against the tyranny of the white minority but his fight for a fairer South Africa never ended, calling the Black political elite to account with as much feistiness as he had the white Afrikaners.