Manna Naidoo

South African politician (1948–2022)

Manna Naidoo

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

Sagadava Naidoo

(1948-12-04)4 December 1948
Died| 25 May 2022(2022-05-25) (aged 73)
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Citizenship| South Africa
Political party| United Democratic Movement

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

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Brothers in court over family fortune". IOL. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Feuding brothers land claim dispute ends". North Coast Rising Sun. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
5. ^ a b "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.