The virtual funeral service of veteran broadcast journalist, Ragani Achary, who succumbed to COVID-19-related complications on Sunday, will take place on Wednesday.
Achary leaves behind her husband Mark, and their two sons Bradley and Kiren.
There has been an outpouring of condolences and tribute messages to Achary on social media.
Farewell Ragani Achary ❤️ I will always cherish your empathy, compassion and warmth. You had a good aura. You truly loved your boys and whoa I’m going to miss your mutton curry. RIP queen ? pic.twitter.com/d3JRBmYQwO
— KhayelihleKhumalo (@KhayaJames) August 15, 2021
I will miss you so Ragani Achary ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Photos from your 2008 Farewell from Cape Town Party…#restinpeace#RIP#RIPRaganiArchery pic.twitter.com/cPXl3HrVV5
— Merentia v d Vent (@Merentia) August 16, 2021
Ragani Achary Your passing has left me numb. Maybe tomorrow I will be able to talk about your contribution to my career. For now I will just sit here and try to make sense of this. ?
— Bongiwe Zwane (@_BongiweZwane) August 15, 2021
Her long-time colleague and friend, Kenny Maistry, remembers their time together in the broadcast industry.
“Ragani could lift up a room just with her smile and she had this beautiful belly laugh and was always a fun person, though she was a news journo and these people are exposed to serious things every day and it can get to you you know. But Ragani rose above that and she was a very caring person. I remember when she messaged me on the day of my mom’s funeral last year. And then the next weekend when I was back on air, she once again messaged me. And that really is a testimony of who she was as a person. Yes, a consent professional as a journalist and a news person but at the same time what a wonderful human being.”
