Gupta Brothers Whistleblower Vytjie Mentor Dies at Age 58 After Suffering a Long Illness

• Action SA has announced the untimely death of its Western Cape provincial chairperson Vytjie Mentor
• Mentor is popularly known for shedding light on State Capture by exposing the Gupta brothers' dealings
• South Africans have taken to social media to share their condolences and remember the brave woman

CAPE TOWN - Action SA's Western Cape provincial chairperson Vytjie Mentor passed away at age 58. The announcement was made by the political organisation on Tuesday morning, 23 August.

Mentor was a former African National Congress Member of Parliament and served as MP from 2002 until 2014. She is popularly known for exposing the Gupta brothers and their manipulation of government institutions.

According to the statement issued by Action SA, Mentor had been suffering from an illness for a long period of time and spent several months in hospital.

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The political organisation commemorated Mentor's life by remembering her role in exposing State Capture and being a true patriot.

"We will keep the family of Vytjie and her friends in our thoughts and prayers and ask her loved ones to be given the privacy to grieve during this time," read part of the statement.

Read the full statement below:

South Africans remember Vytie Mentor

@ngevau said:

"May her soul rest in eternal peace "

@Kgabo48649279 said:

"Bathong, our whistleblower, may she rest in peace "

@TNyamayipheli said:

"May she rest in peace, this brave woman... I salute her."

@MarumoMashigo said:

"May her soul rest in peace if this is true, she was brave to take on her fellow politicians and expose the corruption of state capture until we meet again."

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@SibuKoyana said:

"She spoke against state capture before it was fashionable to take a stand at the commission. She put her life at risk under the security-obsessed administration of Jacob Zuma. May she rest in peace."

Vytjie Mentor on state capture: 'I will fight to the bitter end'

Briefly News previously reported that Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has said that she will "never surrender" and will not alter her "truth". She added that she did not withdraw or change her Zondo Commission testimony.

Mentor made the comments in the wake of her cross-examination, which concluded that several parts of her story did not add up.

Mentor had told the Commission about a meeting she had with the Gupta family in Saxonwold in 2010. However, no records were found of the flight that she claimed to have taken to Johannesburg.

Source: Briefly News