South Africa's Desmond Tutu to lie in state until New Year's Day funeral
rfi.frArchbishop Tutu IP Trust and Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said on Tuesday.The statement expressed deep thanks for the outpouring of support expressed around the world after Tutu passed away."This deluge of love serves to compensate, to some extent, for Covid regulations restricting the size of gatherings and the nature of the send-off our beloved Arch so richly deserves," the foundations said, referring to Tutu's nickname.Tutu's body will lie in St.
George's Cathedral, in his former Cape Town parish. His body will be cremated after the funeral and his ashes then placed in the cathedral.Attendance at his farewell on Saturday has to be capped at 100 because of anti-coronavirus restrictions, the archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, said.Within South Africa, many deeply mourn the passing of the last great hero of the anti-apartheid struggle.For years, Tutu was the visible emblem of the fight against white-minority rule while Nelson Mandela and other leaders were behind bars.His hallmarks were religious faith, unfailing humour and an unstinting will to speak out against injustice – both before and after apartheid.
