Wikipedia tnwiki https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsebe_ya_konokono MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.4 first-letter Pego Faphegileng Puisano Modirisi Puisano ya modirisi Wikipedia Puisano ya Wikipedia Setshwantsho Puisano ya setshwantsho MediaWiki Puisano ya MediaWiki Tempolete Puisano ya tempolete Thuso Puisano ya thuso Karolo Puisano ya karolo TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 2 4081 50143 18618 2026-05-30T22:44:38Z CommonsDelinker 71 Removing [[:c:File:Archbishop_Desmond_Tutu_outside_Tuto_House,_Soweto.jpg|Archbishop_Desmond_Tutu_outside_Tuto_House,_Soweto.jpg]], it has been deleted from Commons by [[:c:User:Bedivere|Bedivere]] because: per [[:c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Cate 50143 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Infobox building | name = Tutu House | native_name = | native_name_lang = | former_names = | alternate_names = | status = | image = Tata to Tutu.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = The Tutu House | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = This house is part of the Johannesburg City Heritage | relief = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = | address = [[Vilakazi Street]] | location_town = Soweto, [[Johannesburg]] | location_country = South Africa | iso_region = | coordinates_display = | coordinates_format = | latitude = | longitude = | latd = | latm = | lats = | latNS = | longd = | longm = | longs = | longEW = | coordinates = | groundbreaking_date = | start_date = | completion_date = | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolition_date = | destruction_date = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | architect = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | rooms = | parking = | url = | embedded = | references = | highest_region = | highest_reflabel = | highest_prev = | highest_start = | highest_end = | highest_next = }} The '''Tutu House''' is a dwelling located on [[Vilakazi Street]] in [[Soweto]], [[Johannesburg]] that belongs to [[Desmond Tutu]] and his family. The house is located in Soweto and is registered as part of Johannesburg's historical heritage. ==Description== Desmond Tutu and his family moved into this house on Vilakazi Street in 1975.<ref name=plaque/> Vilakazi Street is said to the only street in the world where two Nobel Laureates have lived.<ref name=joburg/> During the time that Tutu lived here he became a Nobel Laureate for his struggles against [[Apartheid]] and he led the important [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] for President [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref name=plaque/> Tutu did not need to live here as he had been offered the dean's residence in the rich white suburb of [[Houghton Estate|Houghton]], but Tutu was keen not to be seen as an "honorary white" so he lived twelve miles from the centre of the city. Conditions were poor in Soweto which was the largest urban development in South Africa with over a million inhabitants but only one public telephone for every 26,000 inhabitants. Only 15% had electricity and 75% did not have running water when they first moved in. Black Africans were not allowed to own homes in Soweto as they were meant to be see themselves as temporary workers.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last=Gish|first=Steven D.|title=Desmond Tutu : a biography|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn. [u.a.]|isbn=0313328609|page=59|edition=1. publ.}}</ref> The house was extended by the [[Jo Noero]] in 1990 who was the same architect who had worked at the Anglican Church in the Transvaal.<ref name=joburg>{{cite web|title=Tutu House gets plaque - 18 Oct 2011|url=http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7314&catid=88&Itemid=266|publisher=joburg.org.za|accessdate=20 July 2013}}</ref> Tutu was still living here in October 2011.<ref name=plaque>{{cite web|title=Tutu House|url=http://www.blueplaques.co.za/content/tutu-house|publisher=blueplaques.co.za|accessdate=20 July 2013}}</ref> A blue plaque was installed on the Tutu house in 2011 as part of the Johannesburg heritage trail by what was then called the Simon van de Stel Foundation.<ref name=plaque/> Vilahazi Street attracts thousands of tourists since [[Mandela House]] was opened to the public in 1997, qucickly becoming a top twenty tourist destination,.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E1DE123FF937A1575AC0A96F958260 |title=Soweto Journal; Where Apartheid Ruled, Tourists Are Swarming |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=2009-03-15 | first=Ian | last=Fisher | date=1999-09-24 }}</ref> The house is not open to the public but the street does have several shops and restaurants.<ref name=street>{{cite news|title=Vilakazi Street under siege - by snakes|url=http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/vilakazi-street-under-siege-by-snakes-1.1456238|accessdate=22 July 2013|newspaper=Daily Star|date=22 January 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{coord missing|South Africa}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Johannesburg]] j07jiz0olb4s826wrny6upjluicmb00