Manna 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.

Manna Naidoo
Member of the National Assembly
In office
2 November 2000 – 1 February 2000
Personal details
Born
Sagadava Naidoo

(1948-12-04)4 December 1948
Died25 May 2022(2022-05-25) (aged 73)
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyUnited Democratic Movement

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,[1] 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.[3] 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.[2] 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.[2][4]

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.[5] 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]

References
  1. "General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 26 May 1999. p. 242. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. "Brothers in court over family fortune". IOL. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. "Feuding brothers land claim dispute ends". North Coast Rising Sun. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. "Body of missing former KZN mayor found riddled with bullets". Sunday Times. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. "Family of murdered former Verulam mayor 'relieved' following arrests". IOL. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. "Feud over ex-mayor's property". IOL. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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