Desmond Tutu’s home burgled on day of Mandela memorial ceremony

Tutu, the retired Anglican
archbishop of Cape Town, used the
pulpit to preach against apartheid
and was a contemporary of former
president Mandela.
CAPE TOWN: Burglars broke into
the Cape Town home of Nobel
peace laureate Desmond Tutu
while he was in Johannesburg to
attend the memorial service for
Nelson Mandela, a Tutu family
spokesman said on Wednesday.
Tutu, the retired Anglican
archbishop of Cape Town, used
the pulpit to preach against
apartheid and was a
contemporary of former president
Mandela, who died on Thursday at
the age of 95.
"I can confirm the house was
broken into while he was in
Gauteng with his family. No one
was at home," said Tutu
spokesman Roger Friedman,
referring to the province that
includes Johannesburg.
Police said they were conducting
routine patrols on Tuesday
evening when they saw something
amiss at Tutu's residence in
Milnerton, about 20km (12 miles)
from Cape Town.
Police have yet to determine
what, if anything, was stolen and
the investigation was continuing,
police spokesman Tembinkosi
Kinana said in a statement.
A case of house-breaking had
been opened and so far there
were no arrests, he said.
It is the second time Tutu's house
has been burgled this year. In
August he and his wife were at
home when a gang broke in. They
were unharmed but the gang
made off with a number of items.