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Family of SA politician never believed he died in train accident

Date: May 28, 2025

The daughter of late South African (SA) politician, Chief Albert Luthuli, has told the High Court in the country’s KwaZulu-Natal province, that the family they never believed that Luthuli died as a result of a train accident

Doctor Albertina Luthuli is testifying before a re-opened inquest into the death of her father. The inquest is looking into the circumstances surrounding Luthuli's death.

The first inquest found that Luthuli was accidentally hit by a train, however the Luthuli family has maintained that it does not believe this version.

Luthuli said the family also suspected that someone on board the train that allegedly killed her father, may have used a sharp object to hit the politician on the head.

--SABC--

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