Religious leaders and members of the public came to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's Soweto residence on Wednesday to pay their respects following the icon of peace's death on December 26 at the age of 90.
Some sent flowers, while others left letters of grief in a book set in front of the home.
Peter Linkwe, a former Anglican clergyman, said he would remember Tutu for the anti-apartheid marches they participated in in Soweto.
"He was a deep theologian and a kind individual who expressed sympathy with everyone in need."
Dr Mpho Phalatse, the mayor of Johannesburg, presented a speech honoring Tutu as a man the nation was fortunate to have.
"This is the only street in the world where two Nobel laureates [Tutu and former President Nelson Mandela] received peace awards, and it can only signify that God was serious about establishing peace in this land if he had to elevate not one but two ministers of peace."
