Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and his family are unharmed, after the living area of their house in Onrus, near Hermanus was damaged in a fire earlier this morning. The archbishop and his wife Leah did not sustain any injuries, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.

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