Nomalizo Leah Tutu
{{Short description|South African activist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Nomalizo Leah Tutu
| image = File:Nomalizo Leah Tutu.jpg
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| caption = Tutu in 1997
| birth_name = Nomalizo Leah Shenxane
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Krugersdorp, Union of South Africa
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| occupation = Activist
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| spouse = {{marriage|Desmond Tutu|2 July 1955|26 December 2021|end=died}}
| children = 4; including Mpho Tutu van Furth
| signature = Nomalizo Leah Tutu signature.svg
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Nomalizo Leah Tutu ({{nee|Shenxane}}; born 14 October 1933) is a South African activist and the widow of Desmond Tutu.{{cite web|last1=Jansen|first1=Jonathan|title=The Big Read: Leah Tutu true grit behind the glory|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/10/25/The-Big-Read-Leah-Tutu-true-grit-behind-the-glory1|website=Times Live|publisher=Sunday Times|date=25 October 2013|access-date=3 April 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Turok|first1=Karina|title=Life and Soul: Portraits of Women who Move South Africa|date=2009|publisher=Double Storey Publishers}}
Life
Tutu was born Nomalizo Leah Shenxane on 14 October 1933 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. She married Desmond Tutu on 2 July 1955. They had four children: Trevor Thamsanqa, Theresa Thandeka, Naomi Nontombi and Mpho Andrea, all of whom attended the Waterford Kamhlaba School in Swaziland.{{cite web|url=http://www.helpkids.org.za/pages.php?id=26|title=Our Patron – Archbishop Desmond Tutu|publisher=Cape Town Child Welfare|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518020115/http://www.helpkids.org.za/pages.php?id=26|archivedate=18 May 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=6 June 2008|df=dmy-all}} They have nine grandchildren: Palesa Tutu and Lizo Tutu via Trevor, Xabiso Gxashe via Thandeka, Tebogo Joy Ngoma, Nompumelelo Ngomane, and Mpilo Ngomane via Naomi, and Nyaniso Burris and Onalena Burris via Mpho.{{cite web|title=We Are Family Foundation - Honorees|url=http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/who-we-are/honorees/mattie-jt-stepanek-peacemaker/303-desmond-and-leah-tutu|website=We Are Family Foundation|publisher=We Are Family Foundation|access-date=4 April 2017}} They renewed their marriage vows in 2015 in Orlando, Soweto.{{cite web|last1=Harley|first1=Nicola|title=Desmond Tutu renews wedding vows|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11718107/Desmond-Tutu-renews-wedding-vows.html|website=The Telegraph|date=4 July 2015|access-date=4 April 2017}} She underwent hip surgery in 2016.{{cite web|last1=Etheridge|first1=Jenna|title=Leah Tutu recovering well after surgery|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/leah-tutu-recovering-well-after-surgery-20161116|website=News24|date=16 November 2016|access-date=4 April 2017}}
Career and activism
File:Plaque,_Archbishop_Desmond_and_Nomalizo_Leah_Tutu%27s_House,_Soweto,_South_Africa.jpg which they extended in 1990]]
Leah Tutu was a teacher and a nurse. During the period between 1970 and 1972, she worked as an assistant to the registrar at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. She co-founded the South African Domestic Workers Association. She was the director of the Domestic Workers and Employers Project of the South African Institute of Race Relations from 1976 to 1984. She co-founded the Desmond Tutu Peace Center in 1988. She lectures to many churches and women's groups.
Honours
In 2000, the National Louis University awarded her an honorary doctorate, along with her husband. In 2009, she and her husband were awarded the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Peacemaker Award by the We Are Family Foundation.{{cite web|url= http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/who-we-are/honorees/mattie-jt-stepanek-peacemaker |title=Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Leah Tutu|access-date=2017-09-08|publisher=We Are Family Foundation}}
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Category:People from Krugersdorp
Category:South African activists