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the world is morning asked bishop desmond tutu, history for justice, forgiveness, and inclusiveness in south africa and beyond. how will his spiritual leadership remember, this is entice, laurie. ah hello to welcome to the program hush am abolla memorial services are being held all around south africa for anti apartheid hero desmond too too and all around the well tributes are being paid to the nobel peace prize laureate who died last sunday aged

90 has remembered for using his pulpit and public demonstrations to energize public opinion against racial inequality, both at home and abroad. south africa president carol ramos i quarter to a patriot without equal and the leader of principal and programmatic m fellow. south africans are observing a week of national morning before his funeral on new year's day had me the miller reports for us from st. joe's cathedral in cape town. archbishop desmond till to rose to prominence in the 1980s, not only as a religious figure, but also a very strong anti apartheid activist. he spoke truth to power. that's what people to day say in terms of the work that you did during the struggle against a party, but even after his retirement in 1996 as archbishop at this cathedral thing. george's in cape town, he continued to speak out against what he considered to be various injustices. he

was also critical of the african national congress, the governing party in south africa, talking about issues around corruption, poverty and still trying to deal with the racial difficulties and challenges that south africa continues to experience. those who have come here to paid tribute to the late archbishop say he was the voice of the voiceless. he said that as long as everybody wasn't free, that there was no freedom, a tool doubt dealing with issues, not just in south africa, but globally where they, it was to bet or palestine. he continued to want to challenge what he considered to be oppression of people all around the world. we expect mourners to continue visiting the church. there are a number of memorial services being held throughout south africa. during the week. the archbishop will lay in state hall 2 days before being laid to rest, so he will be cremated. and the funeral taking place on new year's day at this very

cathedral will bring in our panels shortly. but 1st, let's take a moment to look up the life of the archbishop. there's $1.00 to $2.00, was born in a mining town outside johannesburg during strict segregation of black and white south africans. he was just 17 where national party came to power in 1948 and racial inequality became law. that was the beginning of apartheid. he became a teacher witnessing 1st hand, the government's policy of depriving black south africans of education, consigning them to serve you to it. later he joined the anglican clergy, rising to become dean of johannesburg and eventually archbishop of cape town that propelled him into the public spotlight as an unflinching moral voice. his fight for equality and justice was rewarded with a nobel peace prize in 1984, a recognition that health amplify the anti apartheid movement worldwide. 10 years later introduced nelson mandela as of africa as president,

bringing the apartheid era to an end. hospice of desmond turtle was one of the world's foremost he or whites campaigners raising the voices of not just south africans, but also palestinians. iraqis and the ranger and many others. ah, let's bring in our guess all in johannesburg, professor fareed his heart as a friend of the tutor, family and better in south africa, struggle for liberation. david, when i is a researcher and political commentator, focusing on african affairs to be so if i could be a senior research fellow at the africa, asia dialogue organization and a board member of the made and guardian newspaper. welcome to the program fareed 1st. what was desmond tutors, most important contribution to south african struggle for freedom? i'm discipline to do so. most important contribution was the

legitimacy for the personal religious um authority or position on the question of the boy cut off south african inside south africa we, it was a crime, a sentence, a minimum of 5 years to quote, for any kind of sanctions against up against the epic or, of course, the african national congress and others had done this from abroad. but inside south africa discipline to choose enunciation or calling for bad boycott. if one is to reduce a work to the most important, i would say it was to make those calls for a boycott whom he made them in uni immunized many,

many of us against action. busy by the apartment there is simply because of these huge stature that he hi david, how do you think it will be remembered by the young south africans? most of those born after the end of the apartheid? i think our 1st and foremost he's going to be as seen as a moral compass for the country and men that use the pol bits to deal with that complex political issues are both domestic and internationally. and the men believe that paved the way is, i mean, conciliator, or bringing peace and stability are in south africa and across the african continent. but then better 1984, when he got to know what his price was at a turning point for south africa's an international recognition for the fact that it's about time to restore vice for the south africans. i think that played an

important role in highlighting to play chose to sort of get to the top. so yes indeed. it was a very important moment. also africa in mentioned before we never received that novel is perhaps we know, of course let us know that there's been other nobel peace prize laureate sort of treadmills panella, but bishop due to remains one of those who received a jury. they had to products, and he use it quite well because he went around the world publicizing to play, to, for africans, end of the evil ness of about fairy it. everybody remembers the iconic picture of vesman to, to introduce and man mandela as the 1st president of south africa after the appetite. now you have on one hand, the charismatic leader, the a and c, along with to, to why the scene as the conscience of south africans,

were they complimenting each other? how would south africa look like without them? and, well, they were complimenting each other. and in a wonderful kind of fit, because while mandela was the political states person, mandela's own persona, transcendent that while to to was in many ways the spiritual father of the nation, including muslims and hindus, by the way. and he spoke a political language also. so in some ways be really complement that each other. south africa of course, will be much the poorer without then em. let's inevitably. so having said that, they also did presented, i think, and he wasn't ignore this lady present that strong structures. of course, the african national congress is considerably weakened over the years, and the church should,

that this been headed has become much less prophetic and engagement society over the years. but on the whole, m, with the inspiration and other organizational ideological formations inside the country. the country is quite strong constitutionally in terms of the freedom of the press, or personal freedoms, the bill of rights and so on. and it is in back that the legacy of these people and the institutions that they are represented and will continue to live a very long time that david people remember him as a virtuoso or his sermons are all over the world. but many forget that he was quite instrumental in the raising the in international campaign to boycott the apartheid economically. indeed, i think we can play soon. right. ah, there's a voice that spoke from the pulpit and in

the 60s, seventies and eighties, where became much more popular. one wasn't expect the change to play that pivotal role in struggle. and then we saw what was happening in latin america. she led the anti pin, which it, and in africa, he also led that where the change became in the forefront in the struggle against apartment. and like most of our senior politicians, he's one person that never left the battlefield. he was right in front with people with the brutal forced upon the police and army. and you stood between those forces and bringing stability and taking the country into a much more peaceful and a country that is now known all over the world as promoting reconciliation and

peace and stability. to better talking about the reconciliation, truth and reconciliation commission. those south africans traumatized, battered by the atrocities committed against them by the apartheid who cannot forget what happened during the se, away to uprising thought that for once, this man was going to hold accountable those responsible for those atrocities. they were baffled. shocked when he said it's about time to offer mercy to everyone. yes indeed, of course he partner to lead projects with nov. monday. line the entire leadership of a see. but to in, already when, when the news throw off his puffy one could not stop. but remember, when he broke down while listening to those testimonies of all the perpetrators and the victims of a product. so he truly believed in reconciliation in south africa. but importantly,

he, he understood that part, it was not only, you know, it was not an oppression only for black people, but also white people also press part articles of ignorance and often fed that black and white will press bar arctic one that is will press for the cisco but up white people as well will press because of vague notice, but bit of another side of bishop to dog. so you wanna get to that question. but if he was a, he was a fun loving plenty, you know, he was. and then of course, a joint, a good laugh, often joking and, and making fun of others. one anecdote don't tell quickly, was when nelson mandela started with he's, and he's in the malay chefs. and bishop 22 question to fence all of style criticising and illustration sense. it's monday letter taught. it might say it's finally printing from the mental addresses for pickup to, to who, who enjoyed

a good laugh, a good dance. whenever there was a moment, fareed the man of the church who was hoping to see a vibrant nation thrive off to the end of the apart height. i had 2nd thoughts about the experience or he was having issues, particularly with album bic, he and jacob zelma. and he was categorically saying, what you doing is dragging the nation into a disaster who was warning the a and see that it's about time for them to reinvent themselves. absolutely. but in many ways, he was only echoing what mandela had said, even during his presidency. and that if the in see loses, it's part of the agency becomes corrupt. and if this is then, or we need to take up her and resistor even what the agency government is doing. so desmond to articulated cheese is anger. and firstly,

at the former press had been tug on beckham, seemingly indifference to hundreds and thousands of people buying of h i v. m, and been a gently cora tenure on the immediate past president urgent consumer and but in doing so, of course, you know, some politicians in the ruling party, but very many people, including those in the ruling party. they will come, he's interventions and it wasn't just seen as a political kind of a euro scoring point that he may have city, but they came from the opposition party. it was bisman, took to in many ways the spiritual father of the nation. and so people took him seriously, of course, with that took him seriously enough to stop their own corruption. that's a different story. and,

but given the fact that the countries are ever solely unattended around one can see the immense appreciation that these 4 to 2, even at the fact that he's too little on the 1st of january, is going to be a state funeral of the order that our country generally only afford 2 living precedence who passed away. so people have come to terms with desmond today. of course, different to just challenge is don't come to terms of corruption, don't come to terms of evil. that is a different story. david. so the, the establishment, the president, the, and see leaders came out praising the legacy of desmond to, to the man who himself said, if your leaders give themselves for the sake of democracy and freedom, suddenly you're taking the wrong path. embezzlement of public funds. corruption to the point where many south africa now are becoming more and more disillusion. do

you think that this could be a moment when we're talking about the legacy of desmond tutu for the agency in particular? to think twice about hollywood. indeed, again, sees looking into it south as it embarks on green. your cross is that is ongoing as we speak. and i think voice is such as a special desk one to 2, who is a constant reminder to the conscience of the party to live up to the wishes of the ordinary people in the ordinary r poverty strict in communities. voice foot change in terms of the well being of the people and therefore i think he was much more central that governance just says conciliation. politics has to save the people. people centered politics and therefore i think that he took it beyond south africa when he

looked into conflict, a stricken and neighboring countries crisis in zimbabwe and run out of dun until you are speaking on issues in asia in the us itself. i think he criticized on the head of states united states on the iraqi war and therefore, i think, i think is going to use that force. but i think it also in the new or a younger generation that walk on this path that is going to constantly remind us in terms of what we should be as a country. and the continent of africa should be very proud of the manhood cor, for restorative not retributive justice. the need for national healing were suddenly becoming or a lesson to the point where the u. s. itself is said, it's about time to replicate the truth and reconciliation commission all over the world where we have problems. yes, i think you know,

some of them in video pros the contributions those doesn't want to to but importantly he wasn't internationalist as they referred to no v embrace all. busy the causes oh for press people around the world. we know when he called his latest 2016, he called on the the world to floor of tony blair and george bush to the hague for living the entire world to the war in iraq. another false pretenses of the country, the, the, the weapons of mass destruction, it was very full current artifacts. continually plundering the treatment of these early is against the policy news era. he's in his position on tibet with his process. friend, delama, he got into some trouble himself ago when the government of jacob's about a few feet visited a discrepancy. he wasn't internationalist, he was

a rationalist and a non racialist for that mental agency come. and i think that's why he's celebrated world over the course of his fans when racial politics hurried. how do you explain that someone like desmond turtle a man or the church show navigates a long political career that spans decades with all the difficult, different religious ethnic racial mind fails. still, there is a global unanimity about himself. everybody celebrates desmond tutu a well, i knew, i mean, the one is, you know, that it's kind of very difficult to be out of step with the world. but i do think that that elements will, are celebrating his day. and i'm not talking about celebrating is like in the way that the serve as this morning at saint george's cathedral did a bit on elements that would be more than happy to see the back of him. and that

includes, for example, are many right wing, a zionist throughout the world. i think that there are many right when christians and certainly in southern parts of the united states and were happy. so i don't think, i think that the public image ease of universal claim. and, but i notice for example, the very new to a response that came from a b, a, one of the south african, a jewish american jewish federation to support me to 3. and that is not anti semitic, but the point that i made, he's explicit support for issues like failure. the nazeer is explicit support. i mean to, to said, i will not enter paradise if i find that there is a homophobe be god up. so all of these things easy, his insistence, bad life under zionism for the palestinians is far worse than what life and our

party it was for south africans. now those people and they may be kind of nodding in public and reading a bit of a black star or something. but you know, you're not going to tell me that the morning. so this an image of universal sadness at churches departure, in part because that they build those elements. they can't afford to send out a sparkly ok against universal values. and as they would want to david, are we likely to see another desmond to say in south africa? indeed, there's so many out there. and i think you, we see with the young generation are born in the post 9 to 9 to for our own kids that are coming up schooled in am it norms? ethel's, the values of this wanted to add that in itself can be traced back to

early phase of the formation of a n c and become a sub african political life where there is a constant renewal. and therefore, i think you will be for ever remembered as a reconciliate timber. so you spoke about the other side of the 22 of the 2 light of his life frail battling disease. the spark was still there. he was cracking jokes. he was talking about tomorrow. as a better day is the same sentiment among the south africans that tomorrow could be a better day. and the rain benoit, nation will always be held together is a thing. so the struggle continues and of course, to, to face his own generational agency. but to we force a different, we're faced, the different social political agency in south africa, a bed of insuring, for example, that there are java per trinity's, bay plumbing economy improves in south africa. so that is the level of great

optimism and discount and understanding the current challenges that we are facings . but given the challenges global challenges brought by not only why, because maintain and other global economic and pleasures sort of, it continues to grow as the, the, the democracy continues to much. oh, and i think what people liked as wanted to do was to introduce very strong political shock absorbers. notwithstanding that we now and then i challenged by 2nd source of wanted to cold pressure in this country be kind to somehow it. busy comes out a winner in most instances. so, and those are the beach to fundamentals that they are implemented in this country. and he will be remembered for was all one of those things quietest. he in blue dod, quite interesting as we're to reflect on the life and death of desmond to, to,

for many, many people all over the world. the moment to start thinking about south africa. it's desmond tutu. nfl mandela. well gentlemen, funny does i, david, when i anthem, basically i really appreciate your insight. thank you very much. and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website, al jazeera dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash a jane size for you can also join the conversations whether i'll 100 is at a jane size sorted from the house a lot about on the entire team here. and uh huh. bye for now. mm. with

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