desmond tutu, may his soul rest in peace. desmond tutu, may his soul rest in eace. : ~ desmond tutu, may his soul rest in eace. :, ~ ,, y desmond tutu, may his soul rest in eace. :, ~ y : desmond tutu, may his soul rest in eace. : ~ y : :, desmond tutu, may his soul rest in eace. :, ~ , . :, ., peace. thank you very much. you have been watching peace. thank you very much. you have been watching the peace. thank you very much. you have been watching the special peace. thank you very much. you have been watching the special coverage - been watching the special coverage of the funeral service for the archbishop desmond tutu, who passed away on the 26th of december. he had been suffering from cancer and passed away at the age of 90. his funeral service has just taken passed away at the age of 90. his funeral service hasjust taken place and is drawing to a close. in cape town. he was a noble laureate and a hero of south africa s fight against a white minority rule. the nation is sayi
our democracy, archbishop desmond tutu was the spiritual father of our new nation. in considering how fortunate we are as a country to have been blessed with these two global icons, we think about soweto, the only street in the whole world that was home to two nobel peace laureates. we think are both of these two icons of our country played different but complementary roles in forging the nation we are today. archbishop desmond tutu has been our moral compass, but our national conscience also. even after
day current south africa, saying that he left the country a better place than before democracy. what would the arch have made of his mental nation today? would the arch have made of his mental nation today? yes, a powerful eulo: b mental nation today? yes, a powerful eulogy by president mental nation today? yes, a powerful eulogy by president ramaphosa - mental nation today? yes, a powerful eulogy by president ramaphosa and l eulogy by president ramaphosa and pretty much on point, if i should say so. he leaves the mental nation in the much more difficult position than he had envisaged rainbow nation. than in the beginning of our democracy will stop but we are two steps forward, one step backward so we hope steadily the arch s wishes will be realised because in south africa, you have a country that belongs to all who live in it as the constitution of the republic says. i never forget desmond tutu cosmic joke when he said that when the
bequeathed a new nation the greatest gift of all. hope and forgiveness. hope and forgiveness for a better tomorrow. hope for a country free of tyranny and hope for a society where all the people of south africa, irrespective of their religious affiliation, their gender, the race, their origin, could live side by side in harmony. when he first spoke about us as this rainbow nation, south africa was a different place and we were going through a very difficult time. we are still finding ourfeet on a difficult time. we are still finding our feet on a long road to nationhood. he has left us at another difficult time in the life
today, 27 years after the event of our democracy, we can still say with certainty that what we have achieved as a country was nothing short of a miracle. we could have chosen the path of retribution, but the project of national reconciliation, of recognising the injustices of our past, set us apart from many societies in transition. alongside president nelson mandela, archbishop desmond tutu helped to steer our nation through this very challenging and painful period. the heart rending testimonies of many who had suffered and lost loved ones were broadcast for all to see. there