Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The resolute and tireless campaigner against injustice

Archbishop Desmond Tutu during a visit to the 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford, east London (PA)

Desmond Tutu, a resolute, tireless and confirmed fighter against apartheid, shocked the South African government of the day by his ordination as the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986.

He was a courageous political campaigner, some would say firebrand, against the blatant injustices meted out to the non-white population of South Africa.