Vytjie Mentor

Vytjie Mentor, who has been ill for some time, has died. ActionSA has confirmed the news in a statement on Tuesday. Extending condolences.

We will keep the family and friends of Vytjie in our thoughts and prayers and ask that her loved ones be given the privacy to grieve during this time. To Subscribe to Sunday World, [click here.](https://subs.arena.africa/#!/offer/411?utm_source=promo411&utm_medium=Circ) May her soul rest in peace,” said ActionSA.

Mentor spoke up about claims of the Gupta family's involvement in the appointment of individuals under former President Jacob Zuma.

“We will keep the family and friends of Vytjie in our thoughts and prayers and ask that her loved ones be given the privacy to grieve during this time.” However, earlier this year, Mentor’s testimony before the state capture commission was dismissed, with the inquiry’s final report saying that she was not offered a position as minister of public enterprises by a member of the Gupta family at the Gupta residence. One of the most memorable moments of the oral evidence presented before the four-year state capture commission had to have been that of Mentor.

State Capture whistleblower and former ActionSA Western Cape provincial chairperson Vytjie Mentor has died, the party confirmed in a statement on Tuesday ...

Mentor was also the chairperson of the portfolio committee on public enterprises from 2009 to 2010. Mentor was one of the state capture whistleblowers in 2016. State Capture whistleblower and former ActionSA Western Cape provincial chairperson Vytjie Mentor has died, the party confirmed in a statement on Tuesday morning.

State Capture whistleblower and former ActionSA Western Cape Chairperson, Vytjie Mentor, has reportedly died.

The former MP relives the day she was taken into a meeting with the Guptas and offered a cabinet position. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA MARCH 18: Former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor breaks down during an interview on March 18, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. May her soul rest in peace.”ActionSA

Vytjie Mentor 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 ...

It should not be forgotten that Vytjie Mentor was the first to sound the alarm on what we today call ‘State Capture’.” I hate injustice”. In 2016, Mentor was among the first to raise the alarm on the influence the Gupta family had imposed on former President Jacob Zuma and the government.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba speaks to the media at the ROC in Pretoria, November 2, 2021. Action South Africa (ActionSA) leader, Herman Mashaba ...

But something she has always maintained is that the truth will always come out. Unfortunately, she died untimely, but as ActionSA we appreciate the role that she played,” says Mashaba. “Vytjie unfortunately died, but she died as a proud South African who played a key role in exposing the African National Congress (ANC) corruption with the Guptas and how she was treated by her own party – including compromising the credibility of her submission.

Former senior ANC MP Vytjie Mentor passed away on Tuesday morning after a long illness, Action SA leader Herman Mashaba said.

“We are not calling for the defiance of the rule of law,” she said. But she said that there may be “an agenda” behind the selection of Dlamini-Zuma which had changed her perceptions of her: “I am now neutral.” That agenda was alluded to by a member of the audience, that she would be President Zuma’s proxy. Thuli Madonsela, the outgoing Public Protector, would be good, but then she doesn’t want a political job. There it was imperative that “people outside of the ANC must rise to topple that. to topple patronage,” said Mentor, who reported earlier this year on the social media that she herself was offered a cabinet position by the notorious Gupta family, which she turned down. It should be done through holding a consultative conference or national summit of all parties and interest groups to forge the political road ahead. “It is not the ANC and its top leadership that is going to put this country right. She used to support Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as a possible candidate for the party’s presidency – she was a “good technocrat” and apart from the Sarafina play disaster of the 1990s when she was health minister – she had ably performed at Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs “but I am not so sure about… Mentor described President Jacob Zuma as “the wrong choice” to be the governing party’s deputy president when he came in as a compromise candidate. But before that moment she was a former ANC MP and one time chairperson of the national assembly public enterprises committee. He was negotiating for him firstly (that) the matter should not go to court…he saw it as a traditional thing… She was a true patriot who served her country even in the face of criticism.

The former ANC MP and activist had been ill since June.

“It should not be forgotten that Vytjie Mentor was the first to sound the alarm on what we today call state capture. From 2009 she served as chairperson of the public enterprises portfolio committee. [Ajay Gupta](https://mg.co.za/tag/ajay-gupta/) made her the offer. [ Herman Mashaba](https://mg.co.za/tag/herman-mashaba/) said they had been informed of Mentor’s death by her family and that she had been admitted to hospital because of her battle with long-term illness. [Jacob Zuma](https://mg.co.za/tag/jacob-zuma/) — at the Zondo commission into state capture. [ANC ](https://mg.co.za/tag/anc/)MP [Vytjie Mentor](https://mg.co.za/tag/vytjie-mentor/) has died after a protracted illness.

Tributes are being paid to state capture whistleblower and former MP Vytjie Mentor.

She was a true patriot who served the country even in the face of criticism.” [Welcome to the Circle of Influence with Tee Xaba](https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/tee-xaba/welcome-circle-influence-tee-xaba/) [TikToker willingly consumes raw steak daily to see if he gets sick...](https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/vic-naidoo/tiktoker-willingly-consumes-raw-steak-daily-see-if-he-gets-sick/) [Deokaran assassination ‘crushing setback' to whistleblowers](https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/deokaran-assassination-crushing-setback-whistleblowers/) "Vytjie has been ill for some time and this morning her family has called tell us that she has succumbed to the illness after being hospitalised for several months,” says ActionSA spokesperson Lerato Ngobeni. Mentor’s been lauded for her courage in reporting corruption, with the Defend Our Democracy campaign highlighting her appeal to the government to strengthen whistleblower protection.

Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor who became one of the first people to blow the whistle on State Capture, passed away on Tuesday morning, aged 58.

Deokaran was [shot multiple times](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-24-whistle-blower-slain-after-dropping-her-child-at-school-siu-confirms-babita-deokaran-was-a-witness-in-the-r332m-ppe-scandal/) on 23 August 2021 outside her home in Winchester Hills, Johannesburg. Mentor has been lauded for her courage in blowing the whistle on corruption. [the African Christian Democratic Party (ADCP)](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-03-26-acdp-to-welcome-vytjie-mentor-to-the-party/) in March 2019, before announcing that she would join Mashaba’s ActionSA the next year. She had [found a home](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-24-mashaba-announces-date-for-launch-of-new-party-vytjie-mentor-joins/) in the party two years ago, after earlier quitting her role as ANC MP. “The vital information that she gave led to the identification of other roleplayers,” he added. Both an activist and politician, she started her political career as an executive mayoral committee member in the Northern Cape. She was a true patriot who served her country even in the face of criticism.” However, Mentor defended her testimony. Vearey had a close rapport with Mentor, ever since she specifically requested he take her detailed statement of allegations about the Gupta family and former president Jacob Zuma, way back in May 2016. She also served as chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on public enterprises. [evidence](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-08-28-i-briefed-luthuli-house-about-the-gupta-job-offer-vytjie-mentor/) to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture and was later [cross-examined](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-02-12-vytjie-mentor-wraps-up-testimony-after-a-day-of-weak-links-and-comebacks/) in February 2019, after some parts of her testimony were found to be inconsistent. [made allegations on Facebook](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-15-state-capture-former-mp-publicly-reveals-guptas-offered-her-ministry/) while on holiday in Thailand in March 2016, that the Gupta family had offered to make her the minister of public enterprises, if she agreed to assist with furthering their business interests.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba said that Mentor was crucified by the ANC for her honesty, adding that she died a broken woman.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba said that Mentor was crucified by the ANC for her honesty, adding that she died a broken woman. Mentor was a member of the governing party for much of her political career. JOHANNESBURG - ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has slammed the African National Congress (ANC) for vilifying the late Vytie Mentor before her passing.

Vytjie Mentor 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 ...

It should not be forgotten that Vytjie Mentor was the first to sound the alarm on what we today call ‘State Capture’.” I hate injustice”. In 2016, Mentor was among the first to raise the alarm on the influence the Gupta family had imposed on former President Jacob Zuma and the government.

Vytjie Mentor 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 ...

It should not be forgotten that Vytjie Mentor was the first to sound the alarm on what we today call ‘State Capture’.” I hate injustice”. In 2016, Mentor was among the first to raise the alarm on the influence the Gupta family had imposed on former President Jacob Zuma and the government.

Mentor passed away on Tuesday at the age of 58. She was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and an MP between 2002 and 2014.

“Miss Mentor was diligent, passionate and a dedicated public representative who contributed immensely to Parliament's law making and oversight function. Mentor passed away on Tuesday at the age of 58. She was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and an MP between 2002 and 2014.

Cape Town - Condolences have been pouring in for former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor, who has been described as brave and with immovable principles.

She served Parliament and the people of South Africa with the utmost distinction and selflessness. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of such a seasoned, brave and knowledgeable woman, who embraced me with open arms when I joined ActionSA. “Vytjie Mentor is, in all probability, one of the bravest people I have ever met and someone with immovable principles carved into rock.