Family of Albert Luthuli alleges cover-up in late ANC leader’s death

A witness testified that it seemed the magistrate who presided over Luthuli's inquest in 1967 had already concluded the outcome even before the hearing

15 April 2025 - 18:46 By MLUNGISI MHLOPHE-GUMEDE

The daughter-in-law of slain ANC president-general Inkosi Albert Luthuli told the Pietermaritzburg high court that as a family they always believed Luthuli's death was not an accident but a murder...

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