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The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) deeply mourns the deaths of four journalists who died in the past week from Covid-19 complications.
SANEF has learnt with great sadness of the passing of Sunday Independent news editor and investigative journalist Solly Maphumulo; Former Cape Argus photographer Enver Essop; resource coordinator in the SABC newsroom in KZN, Ismail Jinnah, and senior political journalist Knowledge Simelane of Ilanga Newspaper in KwaZulu-Natal.
Solly Maphumulo
Sunday Independent news editor Maphumulo died on Tuesday from Covid-19 related complications.
Zingisa Mkhuma, Sunday Independent editor, said Solly’s death was a tragic loss both for her family and the journalism fraternity. “I called her soldier because of her ability to investigate and get to the bottom of things.”
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Former colleagues and friends paid tribute to her on social media on Wednesday.
The former editor of The Star, Kevin Ritchie, described Maphumulo as indefatigable and brave.
Tributes and praise for celebrated, award-winning journalist Solly Maphumulo poured in on Wednesday as colleagues and friends learnt of her death on Tuesday.
Maphumulo s death was met with disbelief and shock by those who knew her on Twitter, where she herself kept a low profile.
According to the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef), Maphumulo died of Covid-19-related complications.
Kevin Ritchie, the former editor of The Star, where Maphumulo worked for many years, described her as an old-school journalist who was indefatigable and brave.