Tutu awarded for good governance

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu was awarded yesterday a one-off million-dollar prize by the Mo Ibrahim foundation that promotes good governance on the continent.
At a glitzy Johannesburg hotel, Sudanese-born billionaire Mo Ibrahim said the special civil society prize was in recognition of Tutu's "lifelong commitment to speaking truth to power."
He said the award was not designed to replace his annual excellence in African leadership prize, given to former heads of state who recently stepped down after a tenure that respected their country's constitution.
Ibrahim's prize giving has put him at front and centre of the debate over governance in Africa.
Since 2006 the telecoms mogul's foundation has tried to give one African an initial prize of $5 million and an additional $200,00 a year for life.