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Former world boxing champion, 38, shot dead outside home in South Africa

Zolani Tete was arriving at his house in Eastern Cape when two men in balaclavas got out of a car and shot him The former boxing world champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete was shot dead outside his home in South Africa on Friday amid rampant violence in the country, which has one of the world’s highest murder rates. The 38-year-old athlete was arriving at his house in the Mdantsane township, Eastern Cape province, when…

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Former world champion boxer shot dead outside his home

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Guardian Published 22 August 2026

Former world boxing champion, 38, shot dead outside home in South Africa

Sky Published 22 August 2026

Former world champion boxer shot dead outside his home

Former world champion boxer Zolani Tete has been shot dead outside his home in South Africa, government officials said.

BBC Published 22 August 2026

Two-time world champion Tete shot dead outside home

Zolani Tete, a former WBO bantamweight and IBF super-flyweight world champion, has been shot dead outside his home in South Africa.

Daily Mail Published 22 August 2026

Two-time world champion boxer, 38, shot dead in deadly ambush outside his home with killers still at large

A former boxing world champion has been gunned down outside his home while training for a comeback.

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