Southern Eye
By Nduduzo Tshuma
24 September 2013
BULAWAYO-born journalist and South Africa’s eNCA East Africa bureau chief Robyn Kriel has been hailed for her coverage of the bloody shooting of civilians at a busy Kenyan mall by Somali militants.
Former Education minister David Coltart congratulated the journalist for hoisting Zimbabwe’s flag: “Very proud of Bulawayo’s Robyn Kriel reporting live for eNCA from Nairobi at the Westgate Shopping Mall terrorist attack.
Be safe Robyn flying the Zimbabwean flag so well,†Coltart posted on Twitter.
According to eNCA website, the Nairobi-based Kriel, holds degrees in broadcast journalism and musical theatre from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. In 2011 she was credited by First Lady Michelle Obama for her “courageous reporting from Zimbabweâ€.
Meanwhile, thick smoke poured from the besieged Nairobi mall where Kenyan officials said their forces were closing in on Islamists holding hostages yesterday, three days after a raid by Somalia’s al-Shabaab killed at least 62 people.