Freedom Day 2014: Desmond Tutu says he is ‘glad Nelson Mandela is dead’ 20 years after South Africa’s first free elections – Independent April 27, 2014 by Fulcrum Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town said he is happy Mandela is not alive to see what South Africa's current leaders are doing to the country. Tomas Jivanda. Independent. 27 April 2014 FulcrumShareTweetShare