News from the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation

On behalf of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, CEO Piyushi Kotecha has applauded 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi for taking the powerful initiative to unite world leaders in support of children during Covid-19 lockdowns and the devastations…

Denis Goldberg was a mensch, a human being of the highest integrity and honour who eschewed personal aggrandisement and consumptiveness. His lifetime contribution to South Africa and its people was second to none. His passing today aged 87, following a…

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation strongly supports the more muscular regulations announced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tonight in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19. The establishment of a public/private sector fund to help South…

The three living Archbishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa have issued an unprecedented joint statement appealing to people across Southern Africa to beat the coronavirus by working closely together.   The text of the statement follows: The three…

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation today has accepted, on Archbishop Tutu’s behalf, the Lifetime Achievement Award for services to the LGBTI+ community from Outreach Africa, the organisers of Cape Town Pride 2020. I have the pleasure of reading…

In the 26th year of South Africa’s democracy, it is irresponsible for the foundation representing former President FW De Klerk to debate the degree of awfulness of apartheid. Instead of unequivocally re-committing the former President to the democratic ideal of…

Participating in the first of a series of “Courageous Conversations” to be hosted by the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana called on faith communities to examine theology’s role…

On the eve of the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s liberation from imprisonment, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond and Mrs Leah Tutu have paid tribute to the former statesman’s warmth and human values. While circumstances and priorities changed over time, good values…

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation was thrilled to welcome delegates attending the 13th International Bonhoeffer Conference in Stellenbosch to its premises at the Old Granary in Cape Town today. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident…