The Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the offices of The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation during a visit with Prince Harry on the first day of his visit to South Africa on November 30, 2015, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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South African retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was on Saturday readmitted to hospital in Cape Town just days after being discharged following surgery, his family said.
Tutu’s family said Saturday that the 84-year-old retired archbishop was readmitted to the hospital as a precaution after a surgical wound showed “signs of infection”.
Mr Tutu, who has been treated for prostate cancer for many years, was hospitalised several times last year.
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The much-loved former archbishop of Cape Town gained worldwide prominence for his strong opposition to white-minority rule in South Africa.
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Report said that Tutu was widely regarded as “South Africa’s moral conscience” and was described by the late President Nelson Mandela as “the voice of the voiceless”.
