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Author Phumlani Pikoli has died. He was 33.
The author was found dead in bed after his family couldn t get ahold of him over the weekend.
It is with a heavy heart filled with sadness and sorrow that we have to announce the passing of Phumlani Pikoli, the son to Vusi and Girlie Pikoli, the family said in a statement. The gruesome discovery of Phumlani s lifeless body lying in bed is something that no parent needs to go through, his father said in a statement through the family spokesperson, Twiggs Xiphu.
The family tried to get in touch with him and when he didn t respond, they drove down to Johannesburg and found him dead.
Journalist & author Phumlani Pikoli passes away at 33 Phumlani Pikoli (33), who previously worked as a multimedia journalist at Eyewitness News and authored books such as Born Freeloaders , was found dead at his apartment in Johannesburg. Phumlani Pikoli passed away on Sunday, 11 April. Picture: @scoutgumbee/Twitter.
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JOHANNESBURG - Journalist, author and son of anti-apartheid struggle veterans Vusi and Girlie Pikoli, Phumlani Pikoli, passed away on Sunday, his parents announced.
Pikoli (33), who previously worked as a multimedia journalist at
Eyewitness News and authored books such as
Born Freeloaders, was found dead at his apartment in Johannesburg.
In a statement released on Monday, it was said that parents had travelled up to Johannesburg to check on him after they couldn t reach him on his cellphone.