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Solly was spear that pierced lion’s heart and spoke truth to power By Mzilikazi Wa Afrika Share Johannesburg - A soldier has fallen, a spear that pierced a lion’s heart and held truth to power is no more. And no more is the brave warrior that used to hold a raging bull by its sharp horns and brought it to its knees. Solly Maphumulo was one courageous journalist who walked into a lion’s den armed with a pen and paper so she could tell it like it is, without any fear or favour. Like many of us, Solly dodged bullets, survived dirty tricks but didn’t allow death threats to de...

WhatsApp 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...