Nobel laureate Tutu discharged from hospital

South Africa's Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been discharged from hospital in Cape Town.

He had been in hospital for the past six days undergoing treatment for a recurring infection.

The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said the 88-year-old has returned home with instructions to rest.

Archbishop Tutu has been hospitalised several times over the past few years for treatment of a similar condition.

He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for the prominent role he played in opposing the racist system of apartheid in South Africa.