DESMOND TUTU excluded from the funeral of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela holds hands with Bishop Desmond Tutu at a rally in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1994. Photograph: Commercial Appeal/Landov/Bancroft Media

Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most prominent figures in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, has been excluded from the funeral of Nelson Mandela on Sunday in what has been described as a politically motivated snub.

Critics accused the governing African National Congress (ANC) of looking petty by apparently failing to invite Tutu, one of the most vocal campaigners for Mandela's release from jail during white minority rule.