{"id":148289,"date":"2021-12-26T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T07:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=148289"},"modified":"2021-12-26T07:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T07:29:02","slug":"anti-apartheid-veteran-archbishop-desmond-tutu-dies-aged-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/anti-apartheid-veteran-archbishop-desmond-tutu-dies-aged-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-apartheid veteran Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90"},"content":{"rendered":"
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the main figures of South Africa\u2019s anti-apartheid movement, has died at the age of 90. <\/p>\n
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was a veteran of the country\u2019s struggle against white minority rule.<\/p>\n
President Cyril Ramaphosa said: \u2018The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation\u2019s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa.\u2019<\/p>\n
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