24 October 2004
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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Who's who Dumisane Makhaye [online] Available at: https://whoswho.co.za [Accessed on 24 october 2013]|

IOL Makhaye calls Cronin a 'factory fault' [online] Available at: https://www.iol.co.za [Accessed on 24 October 2013]