![]() SeptemTutu leads The Elders on their first mission, to Darfur in Sudan. Among the members of the group are Tutu, former US President Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson and Ela Bhatt. JFormer President Mandela announces the formation of The Elders, a group of elder statesmen from around the world that will work to solve global problems. March 2003 - Presents the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report to South African President Thabo Mbeki. Mary’s Cathedral in Johannesburg.ġ978 - Becomes the first black secretary general of the interdenominational South African Council of Churches.ġ984 - Becomes the second South African, after Chief Albert Lutuli, to win the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end apartheid.ġ986 - Is elected archbishop of Cape Town, becoming the head of the Anglican Church in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho.ġ995 - Is selected by South African President Nelson Mandela to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.ġ996 - Retires as the archbishop of Cape Town and becomes archbishop emeritus.ġ997 - Is diagnosed with prostate cancer and treated at hospitals in the United States.ġ998 - Establishes the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust.ġ998-2000 - Visiting professor of theology at Emory University in Atlanta.Ģ002 - Visiting professor at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Peter’s Theological College, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1960Ĭhaired South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission.ġ954-1957 - Teaches school, and resigns in protest of government restrictions on education for black children.ġ975 - Becomes the first black appointed Anglican dean of St. Marriage: Nomalizo Leah (Shenxane) Tutu (July 2, 1955-present)Ĭhildren: Trevor, Theresa, Naomi and MphoĮducation: Bantu Normal Teacher’s College, Pretoria, 1953, South Africa University of South Africa, Johannesburg, B.A., 1954 St. ![]() Stepanek Peacemaker Award by the We Are Family Foundation.Here’s a look at the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.īirth place: Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa In 2009, she and her husband were awarded the Mattie J.T. In 2000, the National Louis University awarded her an honorary doctorate, along with her husband. She lectures to many churches and women's groups. She co-founded the Desmond Tutu Peace Center in 1988. She was the director of the Domestic Workers and Employers Project of the South African Institute of Race Relations from 1976 to 1984. She co-founded the South African Domestic Workers Association. During the period between 19, she worked as an assistant to the registrar at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Career and activism She lived for over 50 years at Tutu House which they extended in 1990 ![]() They renewed their marriage vows in 2015 in Orlando, Soweto. They have nine grandchildren: Palesa Tutu and Lizo Tutu via Trevor, Xabiso Gxashe via Thandeka, Tebogo Joy Ngoma, Nompumelelo Ngomane, and Mpilo Ngomane via Naomi, and Nyaniso Burris and Onalena Burris via Mpho. They had four children: Trevor Thamsanqa, Theresa Thandeka, Naomi Nontombi and Mpho Andrea, all of whom attended the Waterford Kamhlaba School in Swaziland. Tutu was born Nomalizo Leah Shenxane on 14 October 1933 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. Nomalizo Leah Tutu ( née Shenxane born 14 October 1933) is a South African activist and the widow of Desmond Tutu. ![]()
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