Two-time world boxing champion Tete shot dead outside home
Two-time world boxing champion Zolani Tete has been shot dead in an ambush outside his home in South Africa. Authorities have launched an investigation into the attack, which also left a female passenger injured.
Why it matters
The death of a high-profile athlete in a violent crime highlights ongoing concerns regarding public safety and crime rates in South Africa.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Zolani Tete was a former WBO bantamweight and IBF junior-bantamweight world champion
Two-time world champion Zolani Tete has been shot dead outside his home in South Africa.
The 38‑year‑old was killed in what has been described as an ambush in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape on Friday.
Officials said Tete was in his car waiting for the gate to his house to open when two armed suspects in balaclavas emerged from a vehicle and fired "multiple shots" at him and a 27‑year‑old female passenger, who remains in hospital.
South Africa's minister of sport, arts and culture, Gayton McKenzie, said: "South Africa has lost one of the finest fighters it has ever produced."
The two suspects fled the scene and a major investigation has been launched, McKenzie added.
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