He was 78 years old. He died of Covid-19 complications yesterday morning. He is well-known for creating M-Net’s Egoli – Plek van Goud (Egoli – Place of Gold), which ran for 19 seasons. He also adapted the soap opera format for the South African audience with the record-breaking Agter Elke Man (Behind Each Man), which dominated TV for four years, in the late 1980s. He has written numerous TV series and mini-series.