Tuesday, August 23, 2022

State Capture Whistleblower Vytjie Mentor has passed away

State capture whistleblower and former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has died after a long illness.

58-year-old Mentor was an anti-apartheid activist who served as an ANC member of the national assembly from 2002 to 2014 and as its caucus chairperson between 2004 and 2008. From 2009 she served as chairperson of the public enterprises portfolio committee.

Mentor resigned from parliament in 2014, ahead of the elections, but only left the ANC in 2019, when she joined the African Christian Democratic Party.

In 2020, Mentor joined ActionSA, becoming its Western Cape chairperson, a position she held until June 2022, when she resigned from the post because of ill health

 


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Done by Lizeka Tsotetsi

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