Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is in a Cape Town hospital being treated for an infection.
In a statement released by the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, his daughter the Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu said she hopes he will be home again “in a day or two”.
No details were given on the infection but it was described as “persistent”.
The news comes just days after he and his wife Leah renewed their wedding vows as they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Cape Town.
The 83-year-old Nobel peace laureate cancelled plans to travel to Rome in December so he could continue to fight prostate cancer, something he has battled for many years.
He had minor elective surgery in 2011 and was in hospital fighting another infection two years later.
Tutu was an anti-apartheid icon in South Africa, campaigning against white minority rule and winning the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his work.
He retired from public life four years ago but still travels and makes public appearances, reports Sky News.
In a statement released by the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, his daughter the Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu said she hopes he will be home again “in a day or two”.
No details were given on the infection but it was described as “persistent”.
The news comes just days after he and his wife Leah renewed their wedding vows as they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Cape Town.
The 83-year-old Nobel peace laureate cancelled plans to travel to Rome in December so he could continue to fight prostate cancer, something he has battled for many years.
He had minor elective surgery in 2011 and was in hospital fighting another infection two years later.
Tutu was an anti-apartheid icon in South Africa, campaigning against white minority rule and winning the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his work.
He retired from public life four years ago but still travels and makes public appearances, reports Sky News.
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