Mashatile attended the ongoing inquest hearing at the Pietermaritzburg High Court. 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 Luthuli's family, who welcomed the re-opening of the case

“We are happy that this is now happening as you know apart from Luthuli's inquest there will be an inquest of Griffith Mxenge as well and other who may have been killed mysteriously or die mysteriously during the Apartheid regime. I think we should commend the National Prosecuting Authority for having started with this, in fact when I spoke to the family they also say 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,” Mashatile said.

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