Albertina Luthuli

Biography

Albertina Nomathuli Luthuli (born 14 March 1932) is a South African politician and medical doctor who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2011. Before that, she served in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. She is the eldest daughter of ANC stalwart Albert Luthuli.

Quotes

• Shaun is an icon in our time. It is very inspiring to have shared these few precious moments with him today. The words that he shared are poignant with meaning as he not only understands the present but the relevance of the past
• I am so impressed with having a young white person who shares the same hope for South Africa as I yearn for, and the same hope that my father lived and died for
  • Albertina Luthuli on Tomson vist to her
• Because he had become a nuisance to the regime. It’s recorded that they tried many ways of putting him out while he was alive so that he should not have a voice in the affairs of the country, but they failed
• Now there was a powerful person and they could not stop him. As far as I’m concerned he (Luthuli) was buried alive because he was not allowed to go anywhere
  • Albertina Luthuli calls for probe into Albert Luthuli's death
• The ANC needs to fire their president if they want to stay in power
• Zuma was not elected by individuals but residents of the country. Therefore we cannot just fire him
  • Albertina Luthuli calls for Zuma's resignation
• We are very concerned about the generation we are leaving behind, it should be a generation that should know what to do for the country,” she said, commending Phansi museum on its efforts to make the youth aware of what was going on around them
• Arts and Culture which allows us to know where we come from is not being taught at schools. I would like to encourage the youth to know that the birth of democracy and a new country did not mean that you were born free
  • Albertina Luthuli on teaching the youth about their history