Inkosi to be buried on Sunday

INKOSI Phathisizwe Luthuli of the Umnini Traditional Council, who was 63, is set to be laid to rest on Sunday.

- WILLEM PHUNGULA [e-mail]

The inkosi died after collapsing at his uMgababa home on the South Coast on Monday. He was taken to Kingsway Hospital in Amanzimtoti, where he was declared dead.

His eldest daughter, Nomasonto Luthuli-Madlala, yesterday, confirmed the Sunday funeral arrangements, and expressed the family’s shock at the inkosi’s untimely death, as he had not reported any prior illnesses before his collapse.

“My father had just finished his supper. Without saying a word, he collapsed but was immediately spotted by the bodyguard who alerted the family. We rushed him to hospital, where he was declared dead,” she said.