The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has on Monday mourned the deaths of the journalism mogul, Zuluboy Molefe, and a veteran photojournalist, Herbert Mabuza.

The 75-year-old Molefe, popularly known as ZB passed away on Friday.

He was a Fellow at Nieman, Thomson and Poynter, having worked for Drum and City Press among others.

ZB was an award-winning journalist and author who co-wrote and published a book in 1997, together with his colleague, Mike Mzileni, called: “A Common Hunger To Sing: A Tribute to South Africa's Black Women of Song, 1950 to 1990”.

Phalane Motale who worked with the deceased at the City Press remembered Molefe as an author and mentor who was dedicated to nurturing the skills of young journalists in the newsroom.

“He was a gentleman and father figure. The journalism fraternity has lost a giant,” Motale said.

“I became one of the top columnists because of him," Motale said.

Molefe who is survived by a wife and two daughters will be buried Friday. 

Veteran photojournalist, Mabuza passed on this weekend.

The photojournalist’s career spanned 30 years.

During this time he worked as a photographer for some of the country’s leading publications, including the Sunday Times.

Moipone Malefane, SANEF’s secretary general, stated that Mabuza will be commemorated as one of the photojournalists who covered Chris Hani's ambuscade.

He said: “Mabuza was an outstanding photographer, who was promoted to the position of Managing Editor at the Sunday Times and later to the same position at the Sowetan and Sunday Word. He retired in 2015. It is indeed sad news to hear about his passing”.

SANEF said it was deeply saddened by this loss to the media industry and sent its deepest condolences to both their families and colleagues across the entire media industry.