Jeff Wicks
South African investigative journalist
About Jeff Wicks
Jeff Wicks is a South African investigative journalist with the online news outlet News24. 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. He is also the author of the book The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran Had to Die.
He is also a recipient of the 2023 and 2025 Vodacom Journalism Awards.
Works Silenced (News24 series) Wicks, Jeff (2025).The Shadow State. Why Babita Deokaran Had to Die. South Africa: Tafelberg.
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