VETERAN journalist and broadcaster Karima Brown has died from COVID-19 related complications on Thursday. Brown was admitted to hospital in February and was receiving treatment for the virus.
eNCA anchor Dan Moyane confirmed the news on Thursday morning.
Brown’s family released a statement, saying she will be laid to rest in a private burial ceremony.
“We are enormously proud of the fierce determination she had shown, since her early years, to get involved in bringing about a more just, inclusive, and anti-racist South Africa,” the statement read.
“This determination also shaped her fearless approach to journalism. She was driven by a conviction that journalism must be in service of justice.”
Brown was a highly regarded journalist with a lengthy list of credentials including Political Editor at Business Day; Group Executive Editor at the Independent Group; she launched Forbes Women Africa magazine, and has hosted Political Exchange and Beyond Markets on
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