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When you get to our age, little needles worry you far less than bending – Tutu By Staff Reporter Share Cape Town - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, on record as being a staunch supporter of vaccination, was part of the group of elderly citizens to receive his Covid-19 vaccination alongside his wife Leah. The Western Cape government launched Phase 2 of its vaccine roll-out programme yesterday, starting with a group of elderly persons at Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Milnerton – one of the designated provincial vaccination sites. Tutu and his wife were hosted by the Premier of the Wes...

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media image captionThe Westway Trust was part of the "collective response" in aftermath of the Grenfell fire in 2017 A west London charity that supported Grenfell Tower fire victims has been and remains institutionally racist, a review has found. The Westway Trust, which manages land under the Westway road for the local community, commissioned a review in 2018 over allegations of racism. The review found the trust had a "legacy of institutional racism" and should make a formal public apology. The charity said it apologised "to our entire community". The We...

A west London charity which supported Grenfell victims has been and remains institutionally racist, a review has found. The Westway Trust has a 'legacy of institutional racism' and has failed to 'understand, identify and address racial disparity' over the years, a report by the Tutu Foundation concluded.  The organisation commissioned the review in July 2018, acknowledging that 'serious' allegations of institutional racism had been made over several decades. The trust was accused of treating the African Caribbean community with indifference and subjecting it to marginalisation over the decad...