{"id":44077,"date":"2026-08-29T09:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44077"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:46:38","slug":"sas-boxing-champion-to-be-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-boxing-champion-to-be-laid-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s boxing champion to be laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The two-time world boxing champion Zolani \u201cLast Born\u201d Tete\u2019s funeral will be held at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa (SA) this Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tete has been accorded a Special Provincial Category Two funeral in recognition of his outstanding contribution to boxing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, says the honour reflects Tete\u2019s remarkable achievements.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tete was shot dead outside his home in Mdantsane more than a week ago at the age of 38.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tete is expected to make his final farewell tour through Mdantsane before being laid to rest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The procession will follow some of the routes the former boxing champion once walked, as members of the boxing fraternity prepare to pay their final respects in their boxing regalia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Tete family says they could not have imagined a more fitting send-off for the late champion than the one bestowed on him by SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mabuyane will join boxers, family members and fans as they bid farewell to Tete and symbolically ring the final bell on his remarkable boxing journey.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43501,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-44077","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tete was shot dead outside his home in Mdantsane more than a week ago at the age of 38.","published_date":"","news_description":"Tete was shot dead outside his home in Mdantsane more than a week ago at the age of 38.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44078,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44077\/revisions\/44078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}