Mzilikazi wa Afrika

Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Mzilikazi wa Afrika at the Durban University of Technology in 2015
Mzilikazi wa Afrika at the Durban University of Technology in 2015
Background information
Birth nameLeonard Mzilikazi Ndzukula
Born (1971-11-26) 26 November 1971 (age 52)
OriginBushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Music producer
Years active1995 –present

Leonard Mzilikazi Ndzukula, better known as Mzilikazi wa Afrika (born 26 November 1971), is a South African investigative journalist who worked for the Sunday Times newspaper. He resigned with a colleague, Stephan Hofstatter, in October 2018 after the newspaper publicly apologised for a number of powerful stories they wrote between 2011 and 2016 which were found to be not reflecting an honest truth.[1][2][3] He is a multi-award winning journalist, a music producer and also the author of Nothing Left to Steal.[4][5][6]

Wa Afrika was then employed by the Sunday Independent newspaper, beginning April 2019 and left to work for the Sunday World starting November 2023.[7][8]

  1. ^ Mzilikazi wa Afrika and colleague Stephan Hofstatter not fired, News24, 14 Oct 2018
  2. ^ Newsroom weaknesses and the trap of false narratives, Mail and Guardian, 20 Dec 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2023
  3. ^ More damage expected in Sunday Times fake news fallout, Mail and Guardian, 15 Oct 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2023
  4. ^ Nothing Left to Steal - jailed for telling the truth, University of Johannesburg. Retrieved 23 August 2023
  5. ^ Can Wa Afrika hack it in the music world?. Retrieved 23 August 2023
  6. ^ Mzilikazi wa Afrika's new album calls for Africa to rise and unite, Sowetan, 16 Jul 2021
  7. ^ Discredited Sunday Times journalists find new home at Igbal Surves' media empire, Daily Maverick, 30 April 2019
  8. ^ Sunday World author/Mzilikazi wa Afrika, Sunday World. Retrieved 25 Feb 2024