Ntsele was continuing his testimony in the re-opened inquest into the 1967 death of African National Congress Leader, Chief Albert Luthuli. Evidence leaders in inquest are seeking to overturn the findings of the original probe into Luthli’s death. Nsele's testimony corroborates that of a retired outpatient clerk, who worked at the Stanger Hospital when Luthuli died. 

Mohamed Manjoo told the court that white and black people were treated in separate sections of the hospital during the apartheid era. Ntsele says operations at Stanger hospital were in line with the apartheid government’s racial segregation laws.

“My understanding of historical matters in the republic is that there was segregation, which were race-based in various sectors within society, particularly in public and also in government institutions. So, Stanger Provincial Hospital as an institution, to my understanding, as with other hospitals, there was a section which was for a particular race and other sections which would belong to different race groups,” Ntsele said.

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