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ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile and other party leaders attending court proceedings.
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the reopened inquest into the death of ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli is a matter of national importance.
Mashatile attended the ongoing inquest hearing at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg.
Today, ANC Deputy President, Cde Paul Mashatile led an ANC delegation to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to observe the inquest into the death of Chief Albert Luthuli.
Their presence, alongside uMkhonto weSizwe Liberation War Veterans, underscores the ANC’s continued rejection… pic.twitter.com/r31clJED7z
— ANC – African National Congress (@MYANC) May 12, 2025
Luthuli died in 1967 after being allegedly hit by a goods train in Groutville.
The inquest seeks to overturn the findings of the original one conducted during the Apartheid era in 1967.
Mashatile was in court with Chief Luthuli’s family.
“We are happy that this is now happening as you know apart from Albert Luthuli’s inquest, there will be an inquest of Griffith Mxenge as well and others who may have been killed mysteriously or die mysteriously during the Apartheid regime.”
“I think we should commend the NPA for having started with this, in fact when I spoke to the family they also said they are pleased with the work that has been done. Yes, we started a bit late but we are there, we are on top of it – we’re going to get to the truth,” explains Mashatile.
