This Day in History: October 24, 2004
Additional Date: October 24, 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.