‘A moral giant’: South Africans pay their respects to Desmond Tutu

The coffin carrying the body of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu arrives at St George’s Cathedral (AP)

South Africans from all walks of life are paying their respects to Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican archbishop whose plain pine casket is on view in St George’s Anglican Cathedral in Cape Town.

“He was a moral giant. He was a moral and spiritual giant loved and revered for fighting for equality for all people,” said the Rev Michael Lapsley, on the steps of the historic stone cathedral after Mr Tutu’s coffin was carried in amid music, incense and prayers.