Pieter-Louis Myburghis a South African investigative journalist.
Myburgh attendedPaul Roos Gymnasiumbefore obtaining his BPhil in Journalism at honours level fromStellenbosch University.[1]
On 18 March 2016 he was honoured with the 2016Taco Kuiper Awardfor Investigative Journalism for his exposé on impropriety at the publicly owned rail corporation,Prasa.The judges of the Taco Kuiper Award praised Myburgh for his work describing it as "classic investigative work: careful, patient probing to find supporting evidence for an abuse of public moneys, backed up with solid documentation, and powerfully presented to ensure it had impact".[2]During the course of his investigation into impropriety ingovernment procurementsacked Prasa bossLucky Montanaallegedly attacked him with a brick, damaging his car.[3][4]
He is currently employed atNews24.He is the author ofThe Republic of Gupta,an investigation intostate captureby theGupta family,[5][6]andGangster State,onAce Magashule,the Secretary-General of theAfrican National Congress.
References
edit- ^"Pieter-Louis Myburgh Book | Penguin Random House South Africa".www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za.Retrieved12 August2017.
- ^"Rapport's Pieter-Louis Myburgh scoops Taco Kuiper Award - Media24.com".www.media24.com.Retrieved12 August2017.
- ^"Lucky escape for journo as Montana allegedly throws brick".News24.Retrieved12 August2017.
- ^"When journalists become part of the story: The Prasa exposé".Journalism.co.za.18 August 2015.Retrieved12 August2017.
- ^"The Gupta Republic: From Bruma car boot salesmen to multi-billionaires - BizNews.com".BizNews.com.28 April 2017.Retrieved12 August2017.
- ^"Book Review: The Republic of Gupta – these are the days of kickbacks and plunder | Daily Maverick".www.dailymaverick.co.za.May 2017.Retrieved12 August2017.
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