A 1967 inquest ruled that Chief Albert Luthuli was walking on a railway line when he was struck by a train and died after fracturing his skull. This is a a fresh inquest into Chief Albert Luthuli's death. Activists and his family have long cast doubt on the official version of events. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said that it will be presenting evidence before the court in an attempt to have the initial findings into the deaths of Chief Luthuli overturned. Luthuli at the time of his death was the leader of the then-banned African National Congress (ANC). He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for spearheading the fight against apartheid. He was South Africa's first winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The initial inquiry into the Nobel laureate's death 'found that there was no evidence which disclosed any criminal culpability on the part of any of the employees of the South African Railways or anyone else'. However, campaigners have long suspected the authorities had killed him and covered it up.