Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday July 14, 2015 for a persistent infection, his South African Foundation said.
The foundation, which is named after 83-year-old Tutu and his wife, Leah, quoted their daughter, Mpho, as saying the family hopes the Nobel Peace Prize laureate will be able to return home in a “day or two.”
Tutu had been treated for prostate cancer for many years. He announced his retirement from public life in 2011, but had traveled widely, making public appearances.
Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for campaigning against apartheid, renewed his wedding vows with Leah earlier this month after 60 years of marriage. The family held ceremonies in Cape Town and Johannesburg to mark the occasion.
Tutu danced stiffly as choristers sang and was frequently on his feet, thanking the congregants at the end of the three-hour event. At other times, he sat with his eyes closed.
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