The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place at the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town.Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end the racist regime in South Africa, died last Sunday aged 90.In his eulogy, President Cyril Ramaphosa described Tutu as “the spiritual father of our new nation”.Tutu had insisted there should be no “lavish spending” on the funeral. He wanted “the cheapest available coffin”.Family, friends, clergy and politicians were among those who gathered at St George’s Cathedral for Saturday’s service, which had limited numbers because of coronavirus restrictions. Tutu’s widow Nomalizo Leah sat in a wheelchair at the front of the congregation wearing a purple shawl – the colour of her late husband’s clerical robes.In the main eulogy at the official state funeral on Saturday, Mr Ramaphosa described the archbishop as a “crusader in the struggle for freedom, for justice, for equality and for peace. Not only […]
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU LAID TO REST
