Luthuli didn't have hearing or eyesight issues, testifies witness
Nozizwe Mhlongo, who knew Chief Alert Luthuli personally, says it is unlikely he would not have seen or heard a steam train hurtling towards him.
Albert Luthuli. Picture: Wikicommons
JOHANNESBURG - Another witness has testified the late African National Congress (ANC) struggle stalwart – Chief Albert Luthuli - did not have any hearing or eyesight issues prior to his death.
Nozizwe Mhlongo, who knew Luthuli personally, says it is unlikely he would not have seen or heard a steam train hurtling towards him.
Mhlongo is testifying at the re-opened inquest into Luthuli’s death currently being heard at the KwaZulu-Natal high court in Pietermaritzburg.
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Luthuli died in 1967 with the apartheid government ruling his death as accidental, saying he was hit by a train.
Advocate Annah Chuene read Mhlongo’s testimony into record
“To my knowledge he did not have a hearing problem, he also could read. To me he was never lost or dis-orientated. He walked many distances unaided and without difficulty. He could see where he was going, when he returned home or undertook any tasks – at church he read a bible and did not struggle, Mkhulu (she referred to Luthuli as grandfather however they were not related, it was a term of respect) was a good man.”