We ‘dazzling’ South Africans can do it – Desmond Tutu

We ‘dazzling’ South Africans can do it – Desmond Tutu - City Press: "South Africa still has some way to go in its journey of reconciliation, but the fact that “no one cried” for two months during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, shows us what’s possible, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has said.

If we can do it for two months, why can’t we do it for longer, Tutu asked the capacity crowd at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Houghton, Joburg, tonight.

Hundreds braved the rain to attend the event. At the back of the marquee, the courtyard was filled with colourful umbrellas. Many had to stand as the chairs ran out.

At the end of last week, a subdued Tutu spoke in an almost inaudible voice at a briefing in Cape Town the day after Mandela’s death. But tonight, the Arch was in his element, telling the people of South Africa they are “dazzling”. “Do you know you really are an incredible people? And we didn’t know it until this guy (Mandela) showed us what was so obvious.”"

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