Luthuli

At the time of his death, Luthuli was not allowed to leave his residential area in Groutville - now in KwaZulu-Natal province - or take part in politics.

A 1967 inquest ruled that Chief Albert Luthuli was walking on a railway line when he was struck by a train and died after fracturing his skull.

Luthuli's grandson, Albert Mthunzi Luthuli, told South Africa's IOL news site that the family "welcomes the re-opening of the inquest", even though it is now years after the deaths of "many people that we suspected of being involved in my grandfather's murder".

The Luthuli case is one of two highly anticipated inquests into the deaths of anti-apartheid figures re-opening on Monday.

“I have decided that I cannot and will not campaign for the ANC of Ramaphosa in 2024. My conscience will not allow me to lie to the people of South Africa and to pretend that the ANC of Ramaphosa is the ANC of Luthuli, Tambo and Mandela,” said Zuma, referring to previous leaders of the ANC.