The Tutu House has been associated with several different periods in Desmond Tutu’s ministry and in the life of his family. The site is strongly associated with a religious and political figure known nationally and internationally for his moral authority shown in the anti-apartheid movement, and for the continuing role he has played since the demise of apartheid in the struggle for peace and justice. The chapel illustrates the depth of Tutu’s religious calling and spirituality.
The house is located on a Vilakazi Street, an area rich in political history, around the corner from the matchbox house of Nelson Mandela. Vilakazi Street is the only street in the world where two Nobel Peace Prize winners lived: Desmond Tutu (1984) and Nelson Mandela (1993).
