News24’s investigation into the murder of Gauteng health department whistleblower Babita Deokaran has won the coveted Taco Kuiper award for investigative journalism.
15 April 2021 - Wits University
News24 journalists, Jeff Wicks and Kyle Cowan are winners of the 2020 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism.
Wits Journalism together with the Valley Trust hosted the annual Taco Kuiper Awards for Investigative Journalism online today, 15 April 2021.
Speaking at the awards, Professor Dan Ojwang, Head of the School of Literature, Language and Media where Wits Journalism is housed, said they were proud to be associated with the awards as they “play an important function in holding the powerful to account, in shining a torch on matters of public interest, which would otherwise remain hidden.”
News24 journalists, Jeff Wicks and Kyle Cowan were announced winners of the 2020 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism, the country’s largest journalism prize. They won it for
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Zane Kilian. (Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)
Murder-accused Zane Kilian arrived in court with the words Not Guilty penned on the back of a shirt.
He also proclaimed, in a large handwritten font, Framed and Saps cover up .
His case was postponed after a new lawyer joined his legal team.
The words Not Guilty were handwritten in large letters on the back of a shirt Zane Kilian wore for his court appearance in the Bellville Magistrate s Court on Thursday.
He is accused of the murder of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear.
The East Rand self-proclaimed private investigator s message to all who could read it in court continued with the words Framed , Saps Cover up and God knows the truth written in a large school bag font.