CAUSE OF DEATH: ActionSA finally confirms former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor, is dead

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that State capture whistleblower and former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has died.

CAUSE OF DEATH: “Vytjie had been ill for some time and this morning her family called to inform us that she had succumbed to her illness after being hospitalised for several months,” he said in a statement.

Mentor was among the first politicians to appear before the state capture inquiry, where she gave testimony about how former president Jacob Zuma allegedly tried to recruit her as a pliant minister through the Gupta family. However, she gave inconsistent testimony before the Zondo commission.

Mentor was an ANC Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2014.

She was the ANC’s caucus chairperson between 2004 and 2008.

Mentor was also the chairperson of the portfolio committee on public enterprises from 2009 to 2010.

ActionSA wrote: “We extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and ActionSA family of Vytjie Mentor.

Vytjie played a central role in launching and growing ActionSA in the Western Cape. Her legacy will be long remembered. 

Rest In Peace, Vytjie.”