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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mogomotsi Magome

South Africa reopens inquest into apartheid-era death of Nobel winner Luthuli, 58 years later

South Africa Luthuli Inquest - (AP1961)

South African prosecutors on Monday reopened an inquest into the apartheid-era death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli 58 years after the government declared he was accidentally killed when a train struck him.

Luthuli at the time in 1967 led the African National Congress, which became South Africa's ruling party at the end of white minority rule in 1994.

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