On this day in 1989: Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa

Start:	Sep 13, '09
Location:	Cape Town, South Africa

Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and several other prominent anti-apartheid activists were among three dozen people arrested today as they marched toward police headquarters in Cape Town to protest the alleged beating of clergymen and church workers during an earlier anti-government protest.

In spite of a nationwide police crackdown on dissent, protests against segregated elections for Parliament continued to spread across the country as authorities issued new orders prohibiting marches and other demonstrations planned for the weekend.

Tutu, the 1984 Nobel peace laureate, led a defiance campaign against apartheid and national - whites only - elections.