Africa Channel Business Manager Luzuko Koti has died.
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“It is with deep sadness to announce the passing of Luzuko Koti earlier today, March 21 2022,” said Nontobeko Mabitsela, the family’s spokesperson.
Luzuko Koti was 47 years old and died after a short illness.
Luzuko Koti was an experienced journalist, communicator and broadcaster. Koti is the new business manager of Channel Africa, SABC’s international radio station.
Luzuko Koti gained his first journalism experience in 1998 as a producer of broadcast current affairs news for PBS and later became a senior reporter.

Luzuko Koti had over 23 years of collective experience in the media, public service, private sector and most recently NGOs.
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Since January 2017, Luzuko Koti had been Director of Communications and Marketing at the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF).
Luzuko Koti also served as a talk show host on SABC Radio.
In 2003, Luzuko Koti became a TV assignment editor for the Port Elizabeth newsroom before moving into the civil service as a communications director for the Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG).
Luzuko Koti also hosted the NMF’s 2018 Nelson Mandela Centennial Celebration and oversaw former US President Barack Obama’s annual Nelson Mandela speech, as well as Oprah Winfrey’s ), Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie and other well-known guests at other NMF events.
Luzuko Koti left behind his wife, a son and a daughter.


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