didn't do to always be kept alive ah, those here including the archbishop's family. this is a tribute to a legacy that for many is immeasurable. i have spoken of his abiding faith and hope . but what of his love, which was the greatest of these? and the loudest of his lives, messages outside the city hall is lit up in purple, a color synonymous with the man, simply known as the arch tis his funeral will be held on new year's day and according to his wishes was as little pump and ceremony as possible ahead of that his body will lie in state for 2 days for people to pay their respects. meter miller alter 0 cape town. ah! this is al jazeera, these your top stories. delton on the conference of coven 19

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

90 has remembered for using his pulpit and public demonstrations to energize public opinion against racial inequality. both at home and abroad. south africa's presidents, several rum, oppose. i quarter to a patriot without equal and the leader of principal and pragmatism, fellow south africans, are observing a week of national morning before his funeral on new year's day. for me, the miller reports for us from st. joe's cathedral in cape town. archbishop desmond tutu 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 indeed during the struggle against a party. but even after his retirement in 1996 as archbishop at the cathedral saint george's cathedral 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 about corruption, poverty and still trying to deal with the racial difficulties and challenges that of africa continues to experience. those who have come here to pay 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 will be committed 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 desmond tutu was born in a mining town outside johannesburg during strict segregation of black and white south africans. he was just 17 when 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 or book ignition that health amplify the anti apartheid movement. worldwide. 10 years later introduced nelson mandela, or south 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 ferry, it is how has a friend of the tutor, family, and better south africa struggle for liberation. david, when i is a researcher and political commentator, focusing on african affairs to be so if i go to his senior research fellow or the africa asia dialogue organization and a board member, the made and guardian newspaper well come to that program for read 1st. what was desmond tutors, most important contribution to south african struggle for freedom and

dismal to do some most important contribution was the legitimacy or the personal religious um authority or position on the question of the boy cut off south africa in 5 south africa we it was a cry, a sentence, the minimum of 5 years to call for any kind of sanctions against our, against our applicant. 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 called for a boycott whom he made them in new me immunized many,

many of us against her. busy shouldn't buy the update there is simply because of these huge structure that he. hi david, how do you think it would be remembered by the young south africans? mostly of those born after the end of the apartheid. and think our 1st and foremost he's going to be as seen as a moral compass for the country, a man that used the pol bits to deal with that complex political issues. i'm both domestic and internationally. and the men really 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 skins at a time. so yes indeed, it was a very important moment, also africa. imagine for when they received that novel is perhaps we know, of course let us know that there's been other nobel peace prize lawrence sort of track of most panella, but bishop, due to remains one of those who received a jury. they had to plot it and use it quite well, because he went around the world publicizing the play to for africans, and the evil ness of about fairy it. everybody remembers the iconic picture of desmond to, to introduce and man, mandela as the 1st president of south africa after the apartheid. now you have on one hand, the charismatic leader, the agency along with to, to why this scene as the conscience of south africans were there complementing 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 and while too too 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 been really complemented each other. south africa of course, will be much the poorer without then em. let's inevitably. so having said that, they also did present it, i think, and he wasn't ignore this lady presented strong structures. of course, the african national congress is considerably weakened over the years, and the church should that desmond 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, a 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 look out for a very long time that david, people remember him as a virtuoso or his sermons 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 in the anti peanut chet and in africa, he also led that where the change became in the forefront in the struggle against apartment. and then 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 r and a country that is now known all over the world as promoting reconciliation. and

peace and stability, and 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 ser, way to uprising thought that for once this man was going to hold accountable those responsible for those atrocities. there were battled shocked when he said it's about time to offer mercy to every one. yes indeed, of course he partner to lead projects with nelson mandela and the entire leadership of a c. 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 apartment was not only, you know, it was not in oppression only for black people, but also white people also press part of it because of ignorance. and often felt that black and white will press bar arctic one that those will press for the cisco goes. but up white people is all will press because of ignorance, but there is another side of bishop to doug. so you wanna get to that question or but if he were there, he was a fun loving clarity, you know, he was and then of course. ringback a joy, it would laugh, often joking and, and, and making fun of others one and a do don't tell quickly. was when nelson mandela started working he's, and he's into my lay chess and bishop, to, to question who fence off of style are criticizing. mandela, especially since it's monday letter taught, it might say it's finally printing from the mental addresses for the vision of

don't to who, who i enjoyed a good love, a good dance. whenever there was a moment. fareed the man of the church who was hoping to see a vibrant nation through i'm off to the end of the appetite. i had 2nd thoughts about the experience, or he was having issues, particularly with album bic, he and jacob silva. 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, and resist the 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 a hundreds and thousands of people dying of h. i v. m, and been a generally cora tenure on the immediate past president or jacob humor. 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 welcomed, he's interventions. and it wasn't just seen as a political kind of a euro scoring point that he may have said he would say, came from the opposition party. it was bisman to in many ways the spiritual father of the nation. and so people took him seriously. of course, women 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 annette turned around,

one can see the immense appreciation that these 4 to 2, even at the fact that he stu little on the 1st of january, is going to be a state funeral of the order that our country generally only afford 2 living precedents who passed away. so people have come to terms with desmond duty. 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's 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 to, to, for the agency in particular to think twice about how he knew what indeed i think the sea's looking into itself as it embarks on your crosses. that is ongoing as we speak. and i think voice is such as a 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 for 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 done until you are speaking on issues in asia in the us itself. i think he criticized the head of states united states on the iraqi war and therefore, i think, i think it's 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 in the continent of africa, should be very proud of the manhood core for restorative. busy 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 something very,

very proud of us. the contribution source does 12, different importantly he wasn't internationalist as they referred to know the embrace all the causes of all press people around the world. we know when he called his latest 2016, he called on the world to flow off for 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 con artist. that for example, continually continuing 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 internationalized. he was

a rationalist and a non racialist for that mental agency cup. and i think that's why he's celebrated world over the course of his fans and 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 the 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 down many, right, doing christians and certainly in southern parts of the united states 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 mutant response that came from the one of the south african jewish american jewish federation to support me to tell you that he's not anti semitic. but the point that i made his explicit support for issues, i'd say you've been easier, 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, it's easy. he's 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 22 departure in part because that they were those elements. they can't afford to send out a startling, okay, against universal values. and as they would want to david, are we likely to see another desmond to say in south africa? indeed there 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. um, schooled in am it norms? ethel's, the values of dest wanted to add that in itself, can be traced back,

add too early phase of the formation of a n, c, and become as other african political life, where there is a constantly new, all. 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 to model as a better day. is that same sentiment among the south africans? that to model could be a better day and the rain benoit, nation will always be held together, is a theme. so the struggle continues as opposed to, to face his own generational agency, but to we force a different, we're faced, the different and social political agency in south africa, a bed of insuring, for example, that they are java trinity's, they plumbing economy improves in south africa. so there is that level of great

optimism and discount and notice fending the current challenges that we were facings. but given the challenges global challenges brought by not only way the corporate 19 and other global economic and pleasures sort of, it continues to grow as the the democracy continues to much. oh, and i think what people liked as wanted to do did 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 because somehow it. busy comes out and we know in most instances, so and those are the, the, the fundamentals that the arch and implemented in this country. and he will be remembered for was all one of those be things quietest. he in blue dot 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 anathema de la, while dylan flooded his eye. 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 a dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash a jane size, or you can also join the conversation on twitter. i'll 100 is at a jane size 40 from the house a lot about. i'm the entire team here in doha. bye for now. news news. news.

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