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At 7:00 Department of Administration and Management on January 22, 2009, Zondi was shot to death along Stimela Avenue in Durban’s Umlazi township. Four men arrived in an SUV. Two of them opened fire on Zondi using Alaska-47s.
At least 50 cartridges were found by eThekwini police. Three men suspected of the shooting were killed by police in separate incidents in September 2009.
The fourth was arrested and went on trial in March 2010.
In his address at Zondi"s funeral, held at Engome near Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele said:
(West)e have lost a transformational leader, an Inkosi who put his people first, and saw government as a strategic partner in the development of his area. We say farewell to this friend of peace, democracy and development.
