Vytjie Mentor reportedly died on August 23, 2022, after a long illness. She was 58.
Vytjie’s death was announced by her political party, ActionSA, on Tuesday morning.
“ActionSA has learned of the passing of Vytjie Mentor and extends its most heartfelt condolences to her family for her loss”. “Vytjie had been ill for some time, and this morning her family called to inform us that she had succumbed to the illness,” the ActionSA said in a statement shared on Twitter.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and ActionSA family of Vytjie Mentor”, the statement added.
Mabel Patronella Mentor, known as Vytjie Mentor, was a South African politician.
Born October 191963, Mabel Patronella Mentor attended Hebron College and later the University of the Witwatersrand.
Mentor was a long-standing member of the African National Congress. She served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2002 until 2014. She also served as the party’s caucus chairperson between 2004 and 2008.
From 2009 to 2010 she served as chairperson of the public enterprises portfolio committee.
Mentor is credited to be one of the first people to break ranks with the ANC and raise the alarm on state capture.
Vytjie Mentor resigned from parliament in 2014, ahead of the elections, but only left the ANC in 2019, when she joined the African Christian Democratic Party.
In 2020, she joined ActionSA, becoming its Western Cape chairperson, a position she held until June 2022, when she resigned from the post due to health-related issues.