Ceremony takes place in cathedral the South African cleric and Nobel laureate turned into centre of struggle against racial injustice

The funeral of Desmond Tutu got under way on Saturday morning in Cape Town in the cathedral that the South African cleric and Nobel laureate turned into a centre of struggle against racial injustice.

As a steady rain lashed the outside of Saint George’s, mourners took their places amid hymns and organ music before the ceremony started at 10am.

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