Word: tutu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very important to keep up the pressure," Tutu said...
...Nelson Mandela has been released but South Africa is still not free," said Mpho Tutu, daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. The prominent archbishop, who has an honorary degree from Harvard, was elected last year as an HRAAA candidate to the Board of Overseers--the University's alumnielected governing board...
...case for divestment is still as strong as ever. Despite some superficial reforms, such as the recent release of African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, the oppressive apparatus of apartheid remains intact. Support for divestment and corporate withdrawal is still almost universal among Black South African leaders. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, recently advised the Board that divestment remains the most powerful instrument for bringing about real reforms in the apartheid system...
...have offered plenty of rational arguments for divestment: the vast majority of South African opposition leaders call for the international isolation of South Africa. Many of them, including Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, specifically call upon Harvard to divest. Isolating South Africa has worked to effect positive change. Harvard's divesting will add significantly to that isolation. Divestment will not affect the quality of education at Harvard, and so on, ad nauseum...
...Tutu, who is a member of Harvard's Board ofOverseers, made his proposal last month inCambridge...