{"id":271,"date":"2021-10-06T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/10\/06\/michael-soley-lists-his-top-ten-touchdowns-and-best-players-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2021-10-07T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:23:07","slug":"ramaphosa-warmly-congratulates-archbishop-desmond-tutu-on-his-90th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/10\/06\/ramaphosa-warmly-congratulates-archbishop-desmond-tutu-on-his-90th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa warmly congratulates Archbishop Desmond Tutu on his 90th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"271\" class=\"elementor elementor-271\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8a943c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8a943c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-948c0dd\" data-id=\"948c0dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91cf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b91cf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/p>\n<h3>Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrates his 90th birthday<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In a press release, President Cyril Ramaphosa extends his warmest congratulations to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who celebrates his 90th birthday today, 7 October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In a written message to the Archbishop, President Ramaphosa says: \u201cYou continue to remind us that fellowship, solidarity, charity and compassion for the vulnerable are values common to us all, and we should strive to live by them each day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are further reminded that taking up the struggle for equality and social justice is not the responsibility of only government, civil society organisations or the clergy, but of us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President expresses his deep regard to Archbishop Tutu for a life that has been well-lived in honesty, integrity, fearlessness and service to humanity in South Africa and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media enquiries<\/strong>: Tyrone Seale, Acting Spokesperson to the President \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:media@presidency.gov.za\">media@presidency.gov.za<\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Issued by:<\/strong> The Presidency<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepresidency.gov.za\/press-statements\/president-warmly-congratulates-archbishop-emeritus-desmond-tutu-his-90th-birthday\">here<\/a> to read the official statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa extends his warmest congratulations to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who celebrates his 90th birthday today, 7 October 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - 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