Jeff Wicks

Jeff Wicks
Born
Durban, South Africa
EducationHowick High School[1]
OccupationInvestigative journalist
Years active2000s–present
EmployerNews24
Known forThe Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran Had to Die
Awards

Jeff Wicks is a South African investigative journalist with the online news outlet News24.[2] He has reported on corruption, organised crime and police accountability.[2] He is best known for his News24 work Silenced, a series exposing the circumstances that led to the assassination of whistleblower Babita Deokaran in Johannesburg on 23 August 2021.[3] He is also the author of the book The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran Had to Die.[1]

He has led and contributed to investigations into the assassination of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear, alleged police hit squads targeting figures in the gang underworld and tobacco trade and corruption within the South African Police Service.[2] His reporting on the assassination of Deokaran was shortlisted for the Global Shining Light Award, which recognises investigative journalism conducted under threat or difficult conditions in developing countries.[2]

He is a two-time recipient of the Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism and received the Nat Nakasa Award for courageous journalism in 2024.[2][4]

He is also a recipient of the 2023 and 2025 Vodacom Journalism Awards.[5][6]

Works

  • Silenced ( News24 series)
  • Wicks, Jeff (2025).The Shadow State. Why Babita Deokaran Had to Die. South Africa: Tafelberg. ISBN 9780624094944

References

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