South Africa to accord special official state funeral to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on New Year’s Day
The Hindu
The City of Cape Town has opened condolence books outside the cathedral, where hundreds of mourners braved the rainy weather to line the surrounding streets with flowers and messages of condolence
South Africa will accord a special official funeral Category 1 to late Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu on New Year’s Day, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on December 28.
Desmond Tutu, who was a globally venerated theologian, anti-apartheid campaigner and on December 26.
The special official funeral will take place at 10.00 a.m. (local time) in St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town on New Year’s Day on January 1.
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