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eThekwini’s first democratically elected mayor Sipho Ngwenya to be laid to rest He served as mayor of eThekwini from 1994 to 1996 and later became chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal Local Government Association. FILE: The late Sipho Ngwenya. Picture: ANC Ethekwini Region/Facebook.
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DURBAN - The first democratically elected mayor of eThekwini is expected to be laid to rest on Thursday. Sipho Ngwenya passed away last Sunday.
He served as mayor of eThekwini from 1994 to 1996 and later became chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal Local Government Association.
Ngwenya first gained prominence as a Radio Bantu (now Ukhozi FM) presenter in 1962.
He later became a businessman and then entered politics in the 1970s.