Eerie Assignment is a memoir written by South African journalist Sizwe Sama Yende. It was released by Lesedi House Publishers in May 2017. The book talks about Sama Yende's experience being an investigative journalist in

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

during deputy president David Mabuza's rule as

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and ANC provincial chairperson. Sama Yende describes the atmosphere of fear in a province infamous of politically motivated assassinations, corruption, greed and the efforts by politicians to silent journalists, either through bribes or threats. The book covers mostly of Sama Yende's work of a career spanning from 1998 and later reporter for the

City Press A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...

newspaper, during Mabuza's "topsy-turvy" rule that spans at least from 2008 to 2018Sibusiso Sgudla apologised for insulting journalist

013NEWS ''013NEWS'' is a South African provincial online newspaper, published by Mfiso Media in Mpumalanga. It was founded on 1 August 2016 to focus on Mpumalanga news, politics, government, local lifestyle and business. The site is developed by the ...

, 5 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020

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Christmas in Mamparalanga
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