Court Confirms Chief Albert Luthuli Was Murdered, 58 Years After Apartheid Cover-Up

A historic ruling in the Pietermaritzburg High Court has finally cleared the record: Nobel Peace Prize winner and ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli did not die in an accident, he was murdered by apartheid forces. Judge Nompulelo Hadebe found that the original 1967 inquest was a whitewash, part of a broader system that used the law to shield apartheid crimes. For Luthuli’s family, this is long-awaited vindication after decades of fighting to expose the truth. Phemelo speaks to Chief Luthuli’s grandson Sandile Luthuli, on what the ruling means to the family and to South Africa’s collective memory.