President honours Xolani Gwala with Special Provincial Official Funeral
The funeral will entail ceremonial elements that will be provided by the South African Police Service.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Provincial Official Funeral Category 2 for broadcaster, Xolani Gwala who will be buried at Impendle today.
The President instructed that the National Flag fly at half-mast in the province of KwaZulu-Natal last night.
Gwala passed away on Friday, November 1 at the age of 44. Gwala, who last served as a senior host on Talk Radio 702, established his reputation as a media professional during a career that took him from newsreader on Ukhozi FM to P4 Radio in Kwa-Zulu Natal in the mid-1990s, to various radio and television platforms at the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
A decade ago he was appointed news editor at a radio station based in Ramallah in the Palestinian territory.
President Ramaphosa extended heartfelt condolences to Gwala’s family, friends and colleagues in the media fraternity in South Africa and abroad.
