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| Tutu 'not going' to Mandela funeral | Tutu 'not going' to Mandela funeral |
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| Veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu has said he will not be going to Nelson Mandela's funeral because he has not been invited. | Veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu has said he will not be going to Nelson Mandela's funeral because he has not been invited. |
| "I would have loved to attend the service to say a final farewell to someone I loved and treasured," the retired archbishop said in a statement. | "I would have loved to attend the service to say a final farewell to someone I loved and treasured," the retired archbishop said in a statement. |
| But he did not want to gatecrash "a private family funeral." | But he did not want to gatecrash "a private family funeral." |
| However, a presidential spokesman insisted he was among those invited and any problems would be sorted out. | |
| "The arch is not an ordinary church person, he is a special person in our country and he is definitely on the list," Presidential Spokesman Mac Maharaj told AFP news agency. | |
| "If there's any problem we will try to iron that out, but I can assure you that he is on the programme." | |
| Archbishop Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been a friend of Nelson Mandela for decades. | |
| He has been critical of the current ANC government led by President Jacob Zuma. |