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There is a suburb of Cape Town called Bishopscourt. It is high up on the hill, near the botanical garden, and filled with Anglophone old money, trees and mansions. (1) It gets it's name of course from the "official residence of the Archbishop of Cape Town" (Anglican / Church of England). It was of course a "whites only" area under Apartheid until 1991 (2). Black people there could be assumed to be house or garden ser…
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There is a suburb of Cape Town called Bishopscourt. It is high up on the hill, near the botanical garden, and filled with Anglophone old money, trees and mansions. (1) It gets it's name of course from the "official residence of the Archbishop of Cape Town" (Anglican / Church of England). It was of course a "whites only" area under Apartheid until 1991 (2). Black people there could be assumed to be house or garden ser…
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2) It was literally illegal for Mr Tutu to live there, then. Doing so anyway, with the backing of a major church, who chose to send him there, was a political act. Which he performed with good humour.
There is a suburb of Cape Town called Bishopscourt. It is high up on the hill, near the botanical garden, and filled with Anglophone old money, trees and mansions. (1) It gets it's name of course from the "official residence of the Archbishop of Cape Town" (Anglican / Church of England). It was of course a "whites only" area under Apartheid until 1991 (2). Black people there could be assumed to be house or garden ser…
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I met him as a schoolboy when he came to give a talk at our school. This would've been late 80s. He told the story of the "Blaloon" seller and that the red, yellow, blue, "blaloons" all had the same stuff inside. His mispronunciation of "balloons" was endearing and stayed with me ever since. Our family would often remark on it with affection. At the demise of apartheid he led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission w…
I had the privilege to attend a week-long convention where he delivered the keynote address each day back in '87. Everyone talks about Mandela, but I have always had far more respect for Tutu and his role in bringing about the end of aparteid.
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"Without seeking exemption from the law" is the key phrase. He refused to respect a discriminatory law, and, by living there, was effectively daring the Apartheid government to arrest a sitting archbishop.
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1) why would a US president want to live in the White house in DC? It doesn't matter what they want, the official residence comes with the job. I do not think that Mr Tutu spent every single day of his tenure in Bishopscourt - you are right, it wasn't his scene. But he was a common sight there. 2) It was literally illegal for Mr Tutu to live there, then. Doing so anyway, with the backing of a major church, who chose…
But I did not realize the archbishop was required to live in that residence as part of the terms of their service. That answers my question then.
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"Without seeking exemption from the law" is the key phrase. He refused to respect a discriminatory law, and, by living there, was effectively daring the Apartheid government to arrest a sitting archbishop.
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