<p class="title">South Africa's retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was hospitalised in Cape Town on Thursday for "a series of tests", his office said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Archbishop was in good spirits after settling into his ward. He hopes to be back home in a few days," said a statement released by his office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nobel Peace laureate who turns 87 in ten days, was last admitted to hospital in September 2016 when he underwent minor surgery.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During that year, he was hospitalised four times for a persistent infection that his foundation said was a consequence of the prostate cancer treatment</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tutu has been receiving for nearly two decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was also hospitalised in 2015 over an infection, which was also a result of the prostate cancer treatment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The much-loved former archbishop of Cape Town gained worldwide prominence for his strong opposition to white-minority rule in South Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He won the Nobel Peace Price in 1984. </p>
<p class="title">South Africa's retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was hospitalised in Cape Town on Thursday for "a series of tests", his office said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Archbishop was in good spirits after settling into his ward. He hopes to be back home in a few days," said a statement released by his office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Nobel Peace laureate who turns 87 in ten days, was last admitted to hospital in September 2016 when he underwent minor surgery.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During that year, he was hospitalised four times for a persistent infection that his foundation said was a consequence of the prostate cancer treatment</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tutu has been receiving for nearly two decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was also hospitalised in 2015 over an infection, which was also a result of the prostate cancer treatment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The much-loved former archbishop of Cape Town gained worldwide prominence for his strong opposition to white-minority rule in South Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He won the Nobel Peace Price in 1984. </p>