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“The Arch will make you laugh, and it will make you cry, particularly because the interviewees provide such emotional testimony of their experience with the late Archbishop Tutu in the struggle against apartheid,” he said.
Group CEO at Arena Holdings, Pule Molebeledi, said it was important for this story to be told.
“We are so excited to deliver this historic piece about a timeless man of substance to the South African public and rest of the world. The series traces Archbishop Tutu’s selfless and life-threatening pursuit of democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights. It reflects on the tumultuous era stretching from the late 1960s while at the University of Fort Hare leading to his rebellious years as a resident of Soweto,
“The Arch, as he was fondly known by all of us, is one of those compelling and authentic stories about servant leadership and extraordinary temperament. This story demanded to be told. Arena Holdings’ partners Attuned You and the SABC, together with our publication, the Sunday Times [Sowetan’s sister publication], spared no effort to research and curate this majestic story about this giant of history so sensitively and authentically,” he said.
