Professor Bongani Khumalo, a former SABC board member, has died on Wednesday morning because of Covid-19. He was 68.
The South African public broadcaster on Wednesday confirmed that Prof Bongani Khumalo has died. He passed away due to Covid-19 related complications.
Professor Bongani Khumalo who was the chairperson of the second national lottery operator, Gidani, for South Africa's National Lottery Commission (NLC), was a SABC board member between 2013 to 2015.
Prof BonganiKhumalo resigned as SABC board member in 2015 following the resignation of the SABC's controversial board chairperson fraudster Ellen Tshabalala who had lied about tertiary qualifications she didn't have.
According to his son Mzi, Professor Bongani Khumalo was showing signs of recovery but then died in the Morningside hospital in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning.
Besides having been a SABC board member previously, Professor Bongani Khumalo previously also worked with the South African Red Cross Society, the School of Business Leadership at the Universit of South Africa (Unisa), was a former Anglo Platinum board member and also worked at Eskom.