SA, India pay tribute to Tutu

By Agencies
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 27 December 2021, 00:02 AM
The South African and Indian teams observed a moment’s silence ahead of the opening Test in honour of anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday.

The South African and Indian teams observed a moment's silence ahead of the opening Test in honour of anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday.

The South Africa team wore black armbands in honour of anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu.

South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, described as the country's moral compass, died on Sunday aged 90, sparking an outpouring of tributes for the outspoken Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Tutu, who had largely faded from public life in recent years, was remembered for his easy humour and characteristic smile -- and above all his tireless fight against injustices of all colours.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, announcing the archbishop's death on Sunday, called him a man of "extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid".

Tutu had been hospitalised several times since 2015, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997.