00:00Former world boxing champion Zulani Lastborn Tete was shot dead outside his house in South
00:06Africa's Eastern Cape Province on Friday, authority said. The 38-year-old was arriving
00:12home in the town of Danzane when two armed men wearing balaclavas got out of a vehicle
00:17and opened fire. A 27-year-old woman traveling with Tete was taken to hospital with gunshot
00:23wounds. Authorities did not immediately give a motive. Tete's brother, Sia Bulela, said
00:29the family was shocked by the murder, which comes just weeks after Tete's four-year ban
00:34for doping ended in July.
00:37We were still celebrating the news of Zulani's return to boxing after the heartbreak of his
00:43suspension from the sport. Now we are devastated and shocked by the news of his death. As a
00:50family, we are deeply hurt and saddened by his sudden passing.
00:56Tete's killing is likely to renew attention on violent crime in South Africa. The country
01:02continues to have one of the world's highest murder rates, despite recent declines in homicides.
01:07The case has also struck a chord in Danzane, where some of South Africa's most successful
01:12boxers have come from.
01:19Boxing fan Andele Siko teared up as he described how Tete broke barriers in the sport and provided
01:26for his family. Tete won the IBF Junior Bantamweight world title in 2014 and later won the WBO Bantamweight
01:34title. Among his most memorable feats, an 11-second knockout of fellow South African Siboniso Gonya in 2017, the first
01:42class of
01:43year before. Quandim was the fastest in a world title fight.
01:45Continental
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