South African police are investigating the death of Tina Joemat-Pettersson, an MP for the governing African National Congress, ANC, who was recently involved in a bribery scandal.
There are suspicions that her death two weeks ago at the age of 59 might not have been due to natural causes.
Before she died, Joemat-Pettersson was one of three MPs accused of trying to extort a bribe of around $33,000 from the husband of suspended Public Protector to make her impeachment inquiry go away.
Joemat-Pettersson was a close ally of former President Jacob Zuma and served as a minister in his cabinet from 2009 until 2017.
