Wilhelmina Luthuli testified in the re-opened inquest into Luthuli’s death in 1967 in South Africa (SA), at the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday.  

She also testified that important evidence was not presented in the original inquest. 

Wilhelmina believes this was an attempt to hide the apartheid government’s involvement in his death. 

The original inquest found that a goods train had hit Chief Luthuli in Groutville on the KZN north coast. 

However, the deceased’s family has rejected the finding. 

Wilhelmina says she had no doubt that apartheid security police had been closely watching their home.

She says, "One would wake up and find a car standing near the hedge. Policemen, black and white, would be seated in the vehicle just watching our home. If we had a visitor at home, a few minutes later a Special Branch police vehicle would be parked outside. There was no doubt that we were being watched."

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