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Earlier this year I was honoured to engage with Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Kateryna Yushchenko 🌻 🇺🇦 at #thetutulegacy. I'm looking forward to delving into these wonderful gifts. Thank you to Ukrainian Association of South Africa for making the connection. TutuLegacy

“We do not have to accept that the state can only fail” - powerful words from Geordin Hill-Lewis at the Africa In the World opening evening.

On 26 August, our CEO Janet Jobson delivered a public lecture in Seoul on South Africa’s reconciliation journey. We welcomed the engagement from Ambassadors Zenani Dlamini (SA) & Michelle Winthrop (Ireland), & South Korean civil society representatives. Thank you 어린이어깨동무!

Incredible story Africa In the World of the breakthroughs on malaria vaccines in the last year - now we need the funding & systems for ordering and distributing. With vaccines we could have a 90% reduction in deaths (from 600 000 kids dying a year) by 2030. #africaintheworld

Ox Nche paid a special visit to Mama Leah Tutu earlier today for some cake and tea ahead of the big clash on Saturday. The late Arch was a massive Springbok Fan 🫂 #ForeverGreenForeverGold

Fascinating discussion between Abeba Birhane and Alix Dunn on AI. “How do we make AI work for 8 billion people, not 8 billionaires” Africa In the World TutuLegacy

It was so wonderful to share tea with Ox and Mam’Leah yesterday! Let’s make it a win for her on Saturday! #thetutulegacy TutuLegacy

I’m just over a week the Proteas Men will be in the UAE to play an ICC ODI series against Afghanistan Cricket Board Afghanistan. While they pay their 50 overs women are banned from playing cricket, from going to the cricket game without a male escort, from speaking in public. 1/2

This session with James Irungu Mwangi flipped my assessment of the just energy transition on its head! In just focussing on the negative social effects of decommissioning power stations we often forget to frame the immense potential of green electricity on the continent.

Indeed, terribly tragic. No words can reflect the true horror and loss of life in #Gaza. Hospitals, schools and shelters have been repeatedly bombarded, resulting in deaths of civilians and humanitarians. Our hearts go out to UNRWA colleagues. We grieve the loss of another

📢 PRESS STATEMENT | The latest Afghan law says that if a woman is outside her home, even her literal voice must not be heard. So why does Proteas Men still play matches against Afghanistan? It is a tacit endorsement of the Taliban’s repressive regime: shorturl.at/Q3Cnr

This is very helpful debunking

"Every bombed village is my hometown.” —James Baldwin

We are devastated by the loss of six of our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, killed by an Israeli airstrike on a school. This is absolutely unacceptable and has to stop. Humanitarians must be protected. They are #NotATarget.

A girl on tik tok just said "I would rather adjust my life to your absence, than adjust my boundaries to accommodate your disrespect" and I think that a lot of people need to take that and really engrave it into their soul.

kafka diary entry of the day

I am increasingly convinced that Gaza is —and will be—the essential moral question of our time. But perhaps what’s even more essential is our collective failure to perceive the question.

Come and celebrate the Arch's birthday with us at St George's Cathedral. We have Ladysmith Black Mambas, Arno Carstens, Zolani Mahola and others playing! Tickets are only R250. Buy them here: quicket.co.za/events/273820-… TutuLegacy DesmondTutu Official WOMAD - South Africa

Jazz lovers in Cape Town - you have the incredible opportunity to watch Hubert Laws in concert with the UCT Symphony Orchestra! 3 October at St Georges Cathedral. It's going to be incredible. Get your tickets here: quicket.co.za/events/279513-… TutuLegacy DesmondTutu Official WOMAD - South Africa

Amy from Springfield, Ohio sent me the following message I have permission to share: “Ben, I am writing from Springfield, Ohio, where I was born and raised, and raised my kids. It's a little town in Clark County, Ohio that was named in honor of my ancestor George Rogers Clark,