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Persecuted SABC journalist found dead in her Johannesburg flat
Venter had been diagnosed with stress cardiomyopathy recently, after receiving death threats and being intimidated, assaulted, abducted and shot
Senior SABC journalist Suna Venter, one of the eight rehired after being fired by the broadcaster in 2016, was found dead in her flat on Thursday. The 32-year-old was one of the group known as the SABC Eight who received the Nat Nakasa Award for bravery in 2016 after they challenged the SABC’s illegal editorial policies and undue influence in the newsroom. Over the past year, Venter received death threats and was intimidated, assaulted, abducted and shot, following the stance she took at the SABC. Venter, who was a senior producer of Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) current affairs programmes, was recently diagnosed with stress cardiomyopathy, better known as “broken heart syndrome”. The condition is said to be caused by trauma and prolonged periods of unnatural stress. “Those closest to her believe that her condition was exacerbated, if not caused, by the events of the past year,” her family said in the statement. Foeta Krige, executive producer of RSG Current Affairs, said Venter did not...
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