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Desmond Tutu is 'n burgerregte-aktivis wat Kaapstad se eerste swart aartsbiskop geword het.

Hy was ook biskop van die Anglikaanse Kerk van Suid-Afrika.

In die tyd wat hy biskop was is dit genoem die Kerk van die Provinsie van Suidelike Afrika.

Tutu het bekendheid verwerf tydens die kruistog om apartheid te verwyder.

Na afloop van die 1976 Soweto Onluste, wat protes-aksies was teen die verpligte gebruik van Afrikaans as die onderrigtaal in swart skole, het hy begin om 'n ekonomiese boikot van Suid-Afrika te ondersteun.

Hoewel die onluste oorspronklik gefokus was op die gebruik van Afrikaans in swart skole, was hulle fundamenteel 'n opstand teen apartheid.

Die sanksies wat Tutu ondersteun het is uiteengesit deur die Verenigde Nasies Algemene Vergadering as 'n manier om internasionaal te protesteer teen die rassistiese bewind van Suid-Afrika.

Hy het ook vreedsame protes-aksies teen die regering ondersteun en optogte gelei deur die strate van Kaapstad waaraan tienduisende mense deelgeneem het.

Hy het reguit gepraat oor wat hy gedink het van die regering en apartheid ondubbelsinnig vergelyk met Nazi-Duitsland. Hy het sy posisie gebruik as biskop om ooreenkomste te kry van amper al die kerke om voort te gaan met sy kruistog teen apartheid deur lesings en geskrifte.

Hy het gesoek na versoening tussen beide kante van die stryd en gewerk as 'n bemiddelaar om albei kante weg te hou van 'n volskaalse oorlog teen mekaar.

Na apartheid se ondergang het Tutu die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie gelei.

Hy het uitgetree as aartsbiskop, maar die seldsame eretitel ontvang van Emeritus Aartsbiskop.

Hy gaan voort om te veg vir burgerregte, hou veldtogte teen HIV en VIGS, rassisme, armoede, seksisme, homofobie en ander sake.

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Desmond Tutu is a civil rights activist who became Cape Town's first black archbishop.

He was also the Anglican Church of Southern Africa's bishop.

It was called the Church of the Province of Southern Africa at the time he was bishop.

Tutu rose to prominence during the crusade to extirpate apartheid.

Following the 1976 Soweto Riots, which were protests against the compulsory use of Afrikaans as the instruction language in black schools, he began to support an economic boycott of South Africa.

Although the riots were originally focused on the use of Afrikaans in black schools, they were fundamentally a revolt against apartheid.

The sanctions Tutu supported were set forth by the UN General Assembly as a way to internationally protest the racist regime of South Africa.

He also supported peaceful protest against the government and led marches through the streets of Cape Town in which tens of thousands of people participated.

He spoke candidly of his thoughts on the government, unequivocally comparing apartheid to Nazi Germany, using his position as bishop to get agreements from almost all of the churches to continue his crusade against apartheid through lectures and writings.

He sought reconciliation between both sides of the struggle and worked as a mediator to keep both sides from a full-blown war against each other.

Following apartheid's demise, Tutu led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

He retired as archbishop but received the rare honorary title of Emeritus Archbishop.

He continues to fight for civil rights, campaigning against HIV and AIDS, racism, poverty, sexism, homophobia, and other causes.

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