Kuli Roberts latest news: Veteran media personality dies

Here is everything you need to know about Kuli Roberts' death.

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The family of veteran media personality Kuli Roberts has confirmed her tragic death in a statement released on Thursday afternoon.

UPDATE: Kuli Roberts family confirms her death in a joint statement

The joint press release from the Roberts and Mboya families confirmed that the 49-year-old met her tragic end on Thursday evening in Johannesburg.

Read the full statement below:

Affectionately known and loved by her friends, family, and the South African entertainment industry at large, Kuli Roberts was an all-round media personality who was always the life of any gathering.

Her love for family, friends, work and very importantly her community is well known. 

Kuli leaves behind her two children, her beloved grandchild, her parents and three siblings.

We humbly request that you respect our need for privacy, as we go through this difficult period of grieving and healing. We ask that you please keep us in your prayers. 

The Roberts and Mboya family are deeply thankful for all the countless personal messages of love and support received thus far. These are appreciated.

The details of her memorial and funeral will be confirmed in due course.

With much love and thanks, the Roberts and Mboya family.

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Kuli Roberts dies: What’s the cause of death?

On Thursday morning, tweets surfaced alleging that the veteran editor and broadcaster has died.

Swisher Post contacted the star’s representatives for confirmation and a response had not been returned by the time this article was published. However, according to True Love, the reports are true.

The cited publication reportedly received confirmation of Roberts’ death from close friends who claim she ‘transitioned’ at approximately 22:00 on Wednesday evening, before she was due to appear for a radio interview.

“She was relaxing with friends at a get-together and she just collapsed and never woke up,” the source claimed

Roberts’ cause of death remains unknown, at this stage.

Kuli Roberts biography

Nomakula Roberts was born on 16 December. There are conflicting reports on the year she was born. Surface level Google search results suggest she was born in 1982. However, this can’t be true if her younger sister and fellow actress Hlubi Mboya was born in 1978.

Much of Roberts’ professional career existed in the media space. In her younger years, she started out as a fashion and style journalist for a tabloid magazine, before cutting her teeth into editorial journalism.

Perhaps, her most memorable moments from her writing career came when she held a controversial column in the Sunday World newspaper.

Her reign came to an end in February 2011 when public outrage over her derogatory claims about ‘coloured’ people forced Sunday World to terminate her contract.

“The column was also not in keeping with Avusa’s commitment to building a non-racial and non-sexist society … the weekly column would be discontinued with immediate effect. The online version of the offending column has been removed,” the newspaper noted at the time.

Roberts was also revered for her edgy, tongue-in-cheek reporting as co-presenter of the popular shows The Real Goboza, Headlines and most recently Trending SA.

Her most recent acting role was on Netflix’s Angelina, a drama about a parking assistant who, against all odds, pursues “her dream of traveling the world.”

Roberts is survived by her two children, a 27-year-old boy who studies in Manchester, UK, a daughter of the same age who is listed as a professional nurse, a grandchild and her sister Hlubi.

Social media pays tribute to Roberts

Here are some of the reactions we picked out on social media: