Eerie Assignment

{{Short description|South African memoir (2017)}}

Eerie Assignment is a memoir written by South African journalist Sizwe Sama Yende.[http://lowvelder.co.za/389298/preview-mpumalanga-politics-offer-journalist-eerie-assignments Preview: Mpumalanga politics offer journalist eerie assignments], Lowvelder, 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020 It was released by Lesedi House Publishers in May 2017.[https://013.co.za/2017/05/16/journalist-trained-mzilikazi-wa-afrika-release-book/ Journalist trained by Mzilikazi wa Afrika to release own book], 013NEWS, 16 May 2017

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| author = Sizwe Sama Yende

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| language = English

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| subject = Political journalism

| genre = Memoir

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| release_date = May 2017

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| pages = 371

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The book talks about Sama Yende's experience being an investigative journalist in Mpumalanga during deputy president David Mabuza's rule as Premier of Mpumalanga 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.[https://m.polity.org.za/article/eerie-assignment-a-journalists-nightmare-in-mpumalanga-2018-04-04 Eerie Assignment: A journalist's nightmare in Mpumalanga], Polity.org, 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-22-why-david-mabuza-did-not-take-the-oath-its-the-long-game/amp/ Why David Mabuza did not take the oath - it's the long game], Daily Maverick, 22 May 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020

The book covers mostly of Sama Yende's work of a career spanning from 1998 and later reporter for the City Press newspaper, during Mabuza's "topsy-turvy" rule that spans at least from 2008 to 2018[https://lowvelder.co.za/387533/preview-come-hear-eerie-assignment/ Preview: Come and hear about this Eerie Assignment], Lowvelder, 15 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020[https://013.co.za/2017/06/05/sibusiso-sgudla-apologised-insulting-journalist/ Sibusiso Sgudla apologised for insulting journalist], 013NEWS, 5 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020