After a background report on his fight against South African apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, talks about the Truth and Reconciliations Committee he chaired and his country's efforts to achieve racial healing. The Truth and Consequences Commission issues apartheid report.
Regional experts discuss the democratic transition in South Africa .
Complete NewsHour coverage of Africa. We start with some background on this crusader against apartheid in South Africa, including a reprise of several of his appearances on this program. I call upon you, Desmond Tutu. In 1984, then Bishop Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign against apartheid, the white minority rule of South Africa. The decision provoked controversy in South Africa, but Tutu told the NewsHour that it showed the world cared about his country's black majority.