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World Service,26 Oct 1994,3 mins

Interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Words of Faith

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Desmond Tutu explains why he used the biblical story of the prodigal son at the inauguration of South Africa back into the Commonwealth. "Our country has been quite irresponsible in the way we have wasted human resources, and natural resources, because they were used to maintain a system that was indefensible."

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