By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The South African media industry is mourning the untimely death of the award winning, dedicated and fearless journalist Nabeelah Shaikh.
Shaikh’s death was announced on Saturday, 14 November, following a Janazah notice issued by the Central Islamic Trust.
The cause of Nabeelah Shaikh’s death is not yet known.
The multi-award-winning Nabeelah Shaikh was married to Waseem Ally and two weeks ago announced that she was pregnant and expecting the couple’s second child.
At the time of her death, Shaikh was an investigative reporter at eNCA. Before joining eNCA, She worked as a senior producer at Seen.tv, Hashtag Our Stories, etv and as a multimedia journalist at Independent Newspapers.
She graduated with a BTech in Journalism from the Durban University of Technology and began her career as a a multimedia journalist at Independent Newspapers’ Sunday Tribune in 2013.
She won multiple Vodacom Journalist of the Year regional awards, including recognition in 2015 and 2017 for her investigative reporting.