Manna Naidoo Explained

Party:United Democratic Movement
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:1 February 2000
Termend1:2 November 2000
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:4 December 1948
Death Place:KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Birth Name:Sagadava Naidoo

Sagadava "Manna" Naidoo (4 December 1948 – 25 May 2022) was a South African politician. He represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) in the National Assembly from February to November 2000 and was also a former mayor of Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal.

Political career

Born on 4 December 1948,[1] Naidoo entered politics around 1998.[2] He stood for the UDM as a candidate in the general election the following year, but he was not immediately elected. Instead, he joined the National Assembly on 1 February 2000, filling the casual vacancy in the UDM caucus that arose after Roelf Meyer resigned.[3] He served less than a year in the seat, resigning on 2 November 2000. He later served as mayor of Verulam.[4] [5]

Personal life and death

Naidoo and his brother, businessman Sivaraj Naidoo, inherited several properties and businesses in KwaZulu-Natal. Naidoo unsuccessfully sued his brother in 2014, seeking a share in his brother's transport business and in one of the inherited properties, a piece of farmland worth about R450 million.

Naidoo went missing from his farm in KwaZulu-Natal on 25 May 2022. His body was discovered on a sugar cane plantation in Canelands, north of Durban, the following day. He had been tied up and shot several times in a suspected farm invasion; his Toyota Hilux and several firearms had been stolen from his home. Three suspects were arrested in September and charged with murder, kidnapping, and robbery.[6] Naidoo's children subsequently entered into a legal battle with each other over the inheritance of one of Naidoo's properties in Verulam.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 26 May 1999 . General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates . 9 May 2023 . . . 242 . Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. News: 7 March 2014 . Brothers in court over family fortune . IOL . 18 May 2023.
  3. Web site: 2002-06-02 . The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020602095739/http://parliament.gov.za/na/resign.htm . 2 June 2002 . 2023-04-02 . Parliament of South Africa.
  4. Web site: 2014-03-12 . Feuding brothers land claim dispute ends . 2023-05-18 . North Coast Rising Sun . en-US.
  5. Web site: 26 May 2022 . Body of missing former KZN mayor found riddled with bullets . 2023-05-18 . Sunday Times . en-ZA.
  6. News: 29 September 2022 . Family of murdered former Verulam mayor ‘relieved’ following arrests . IOL . 18 May 2023.
  7. News: 6 November 2022 . Feud over ex-mayor’s property . IOL . 18 May 2023.