Luthuli funded ANC activities while it was banned during apartheid - Radebe

JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) veteran Jeff Radebe has revealed that Chief Albert Luthuli used to fund the party’s activities during apartheid when it was a banned organisation.

On Tuesday, Radebe testified at the recently opened inquest into the death of the former ANC president general.

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Luthuli died in 1967, with the inquest at the time ruling his death as accidental, saying he was hit by a train.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is now disputing that ruling, seeking the initial inquest findings to be overturned.

Outside of his political activities, Luthuli was also a businessman.

He owned a farm, livestock, and a general store, which his family said was still in operation today.

Radebe said that Luthuli was one of the biggest funders of ANC activities.

He said this was risky, as the ANC was banned by the apartheid government and any support of it had severe consequences.

Radebe said Luthuli was killed by the government at the time to suppress resistance against apartheid.

The inquest continues on Wednesday.