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Dumisani Makhaye passes away

Dumisani Makhaye passes away

Date
24 Oct 2004
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Dumisani Makhaye passes away

The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, succumbed to lung cancer at Parklands Hospital, Durban, two days after having been admitted for medical observation. He was the first MEC in the country to pass away in office. A committee was set up by the ANC and his family to make arrangements for his funeral at KwaMashu Stadium in Durban on 30 October.   

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  1. 01Who's who Dumisane Makhaye [online] Available at: https://whoswho.co.za [Accessed on 24 october 2013]
  2. 02IOL Makhaye calls Cronin a 'factory fault' [online] Available at: https://www.iol.co.za [Accessed on 24 October 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Dumisani Makhaye passes away. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013609

South African History Online (2011) 'Dumisani Makhaye passes away', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013609 (Accessed: 18 August 2026).

South African History Online, Dumisani Makhaye passes away [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013609, (accessed 18 August 2026).

"Dumisani Makhaye passes away." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013609. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Dumisani Makhaye passes away." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013609.

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