Zongendawa Jere or Inkosi Ya Makhosi M'mbelwa IV (3 July 1952 - February 2013) was the King of the Ngoni and Tumbuka people in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania.
He passed away in February 2013 at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Malawi's commercial city, Blantyre, where he was diagnosed with diabetes attack and hypertension.
Prior to being installed as king, he worked for Press Holdings Limited and Shire Valley cattle Ranch in the district of Chikwawa where he was an administrator.
[3] Other notable attenders were Chewa Chief Kalonga Gawa Undi from Zambia who brought along with him Gulewamkulu and Inkosi ya Makosi Gomani from Ntcheu district.
[1] Aupson Thole, the secretary A of Mzimba Heritage Association (Mziha) also paid his tributes and later commented that the king's rest in peace as he will be being remember through museum remains.