RIP Nadia Goetham
RIP Nadia GoethamPublisher Nadia Goetham died of a Covid-19 medical condition at age 46 on Sunday, 25 April.
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Publisher Nadia Goetham died of a Covid-19 medical condition at age 46 on Sunday, 25 April.
She was remembered at a memorial service on Thursday.
Goetham died of Covid-19 related complications on Sunday.
A passion for local talent and a drive to give a voice to black and coloured authors are some of the attributes that characterised publisher Nadia Goetham, family and friends said at her memorial service. Nadia was publishing, and publishing was Nadia, said author and entertainment journalist Gavin Wildschutt-Prins at her memorial service.
Nadia completed her studies in journalism at Peninsula Technikon - now Cape Peninsula University of Technology - before taking up a post at Beeld. She later moved to the publishing sector.
Goetham s family announced her death on Sunday.
Social media has seen an outpouring of tributes for her.
Tributes have poured for publisher Nadia Goetham after her family announced her death on Sunday.
Nadia, 46, died of a Covid-19-related condition, her family said in a statement. It is with profound sadness that the family of Nadia Goetham can confirm that the beloved book publisher passed away this afternoon of a Covid-19-related medical condition, the statement said. Nadia, who carved her early career in print journalism and later made her mark in the book publishing arena, will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Her death was swift and untimely. Our hearts are shattered.
Jacana publisher Nadia Goetham (46) died from Covid-19 complications on Sunday afternoon, April 25, and hearts broke across social media.
With her brother Ian not yet informed, her many authors and friends used the social media platform she loved to spread their heartbreak with broken heart emojis and no names. When Ian Goetham announced his sister’s death with the words “Our hearts are shattered”, the Internet went viral with Nadia-grief as all those she had touched paid tribute.
Terry-Ann Adams, the writer from Eldorado Park, whom Nadia encouraged to publish a memoir tweeted a conversation between them: “Me: I will never write a memoir. Nadia: We’ll see. Me: But my life is not interesting. Nadia: “You’ll write that memoir.” Her book,