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There are levels of poverty in South Africa that are totally unacceptable.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Unacceptable
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Totally
South
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