Duma Duma A duma (дума) was a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term comes from the Russian verb думать ("dumat’") meaning "to think" or "to consider". The first formally constituted duma was the State Duma introduced into the Russian Empire by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905. The Tsar dismissed the first duma within 75 days and re-elected second duma within three months. It was dissolved in 1917 during the Russian Revolution. Since 1993, the State Duma is the lower legislative house of the Russian Federation. Historians use the term "Boyar Duma" to denote the council of boyars and
Sibusiso Duma killer. Duma first killed on 9 September 2007 when he used his minibus taxi to run over and kill a Department of Education security guard; Mqeku Zondi. Duma agreed to drive Mr Zondi to his residence for an agreed fee. The conductor of Duma’s taxi Mlungisi Bhengu, testified that Zondi reneged on paying the fare for some of the journey at which point "Duma drove into the old man, ran over him with the wheels of the taxi and then reversed over his body again". Duma then alighted from his taxi and robbed the victim of his remaining money and