Retired Journalist Jeremy Gordin was killed during a robbery at his home in Parkview, Johannesburg, on Friday News24 reports.
Gordin was an editor at The Star and Sunday Independent and the author of Zuma: A Biography. In recent years he was a regular columnist for Politicsweb.
Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo confirmed the incident, saying no arrests had yet been made.
News24 understands that Gordin’s family were in Cape Town and grew concerned when he was unresponsive to messages on Friday night.
A friend gained access to Gordin’s home – which had been locked from the outside – and found it had been ransacked and his body had been covered.
His wife,Deborah, said “As far as I understand, the only thing that was stolen was his car. I’ve had a brief conversation with the Colonel, and they were trying to get information about him, such as his ID,” she said.
Gordin was born in 1952 in Pretoria and educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as Unisa. He began his journalism career in 1976.
In 2007 he was named the Mondi Shanduka Journalist of the Year.
He co-authored two books of investigative journalism, The Infernal Tower and A Long Night’s Damage, but is most widely known for his biography of president Jacob Zuma,
