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Journalist and author Heidi Holland was found dead in her Johannesburg home on Saturday.
Police spokesperson, Lt Col Katlego Mogale says the body of 64-year old Holland was found by her gardener at her house in Melville.
Mogale says nothing was found to be stolen or missing.
Holland had spent her career as a journalist and columnist. She published a book on the life and career of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe in 2008 entitled "Dinner with Mugabe".