Overview

• Authorities confirmed the Category 2 service will be held Sunday in KwaMbonambi, KwaZulu‑Natal, with police ceremonial elements.
• His remains are being repatriated this week, with arrival expected Friday at OR Tambo International Airport before transfer to Richards Bay.
• Family members plan to welcome the casket at King Shaka International Airport and escort it to a funeral parlour ahead of burial.
• French investigators continue to probe the circumstances of his fall from a 22nd‑floor window at Paris’s Hyatt Regency, with no public determination yet.
• KwaZulu‑Natal’s premier announced a multi‑level government task team for preparations, as ANC and COSATU figures join mourners at the family homestead.