African National Congress ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the reopened inquest into the death of ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli is a matter of national importance.
Mashatile attended the ongoing inquest hearing at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg.
Luthuli died in 1967 after being allegedly hit by a goods train in Groutville.
The inquest seeks to overturn the findings of the original one conducted during the Apartheid era in 1967.
Mashatile was in court with Chief Luthulis family.