Members of the clergy carrying the casket of Archbishop Tutu out of St. George's Cathedral following the funeral service on January 1. South African anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being laid to rest on Saturday at a state funeral in Cape Town's St. George's Cathedral, where he will also be burried. South Africa has been marking a week of mourning following Tutu's death on December 26. "South Africa has given us extraordinary examples of towering leaders of the rainbow nation with President NelsonMandela and Archbishop Tutu.... Many Nobel winners' lights have grown dimmer over time, but Archbishop Tutu's has grown brighter.''

Source: The North Africa Journal January 01, 2022 19:55 UTC